A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1400-1499
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Amerciment, n. Also: amercy-, amerssi-, amerchement. [ME. amerciment (Chaucer), AF. amerciment, f. amercier: see Amercy v., and cf. Merciment n.] = Amerciament n.14.. Acts I. 70/2.
The disseysour sal be in the kingis amercyment 1439 Edinb. Chart. 64.
Oure malis to raisse, oure courts to halde, eschettis and amercimentis to ressawe 1456 Peebles B. Rec. 111.
The suttis callit, the curt effirmyt, ilk absent in amerssiment 1491 Acts Lords of Council 196/2.
To raise the vnlawis and amerchementis of the said Justice are
