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: 1584-1650
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Concredit, -credeit, p.p. Also: -credite, -itt, -creddeit. [L. concrēditus, p.p. of concrēdere. Cf. Concredit,v.] Entrusted.1584 Melvill 186.
His … servants, to whom he hes concredit the dispensation of his heavinlie mysteries 1590 Ib. 288.
Let us … procure the weill and confort of the saulles concredit to us 1599 Misc. Maitl. C. I. 94.
Twa cuppis … concredit in the keiping of sum responsall gentilman 1608 Melrose P. 54.
The … charge whiche your … Maiestie hes concredite vnto ws 1614 Breadalbane Lett. (Reg. H.) 13 Oct.
This mater was never concredeit to me 1620 Scot Narr. 510.
Negligent in whatsoever the Lord hes concreddeit a1650 Row 194.
Guiltie of the blood of the soulls of their people concredit to them
