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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: 1531-1581

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Comput(e, n. [e.m.E. (1588; also ME. = computus), F. comput, L. computus.] An account or reckoning. —1531 Reg. Soltre 100.
Begynnand to the compute off his bountay the tuenti-thua daye of Aprile yheirly 1581 Ib. 196.
The custome salt … is nocht put in this comput

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