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: 1515-1533
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Componitioun, -icioun, n. [Erroneous expansion of compõitioun: cf. Componitour,n.1] = Compositioun. —1515 Stirlings of Keir 306.
That the componicioun for the samyn [lands] wald haue extendit to … vic and fifty merkis 1533 Treasurer's Accounts VI. 141.
Remittit … for componitioun of ane conjunct feftment … of the tua merk landis of [etc.]
