A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1400, 1490, 1584
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Absolute, adv., p.p., and adj. Also: obsolute. [ME. absolute (c 1375), L. absolūtus p.p., absolūtē adv.]
1. adv. Absolutely, without reserve. —c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 596.
Pryame not fenȝheandly, But absolute and lelelye … swore the pees
2. p.p. Absolved. —c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 30/31.
And [= if] he was befor verraly absolute fra that syn
3. adj. Absolute. —1584 Acts III. 359/1.
Ane obsolute [sic] power to bind and louse
