A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Asposit, irreg. var. of Disposit ppl. a. —1481 Peebles B. Rec. 187.
Makand sic lyk as wthir chaplanis makis qwhen he is asposit 1520 Ib. 50.
Ane chaplane … doand mes at the said altar quhen he is asposit 1535 Stewart 17089.
Thair wes mony man Rycht euill asposit Ib. 36674.
Thair is in this kinrik … Rycht mony ill this tyme asposit men Ib. 49549.
This king Robert … Quhilk in his bed right evill asposit la 1565 Aberd. Reg. (MS.) XXVI. (J).
Evill asposit persones
