A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Ontake, v. To take on, undertake (a debt). —1683 Dunbar Social Life I. 78.
[Not to] contract nor ontake debts … for merchand wair [etc.]