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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: 1567-1612

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Aying, n. Also: ayng, eyng; anying, anyng. [ad. ON. eign property, possession, patrimony (in pl., estates).] In Orkney: Property inherited from an ancestor; patrimony.1567 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries XVI. 198.
[One merk land ... in] the cuntray of Ȝetland, with ayng, owdell, and samyne
1587 Reg. Great S. 467/2.
Rex … dimisit … comitatum Orchaden[sem] … cum … uthall, royith, aying, samyn [etc.]
1597 Rec. Earld. Orkney 321.
[The] rycht of rothe, reversioun, uthall, aying, and samming [in the lands]
1600 Reg. Great S. 338/2.
Integras lie uthale-landis, roch [= roth] , anyng, samyne, cum anchoragiis
1605 Reg. Great S. 607/2.
With all rycht, titill and kyndnes . . to the samyn eyng of the 4 merkland pertening to the provest of Norroway
1612 Acts IV. 481/2.
Vthale Landis, Roich [= roith], Anying, samyn, toillis, anchorages, custumes

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