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: 1499-1500
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Contestait, p.p. [L. contestāt-, ppl. stem of contestārī.] Contested. —a1500 Henr. Fab. 1229.
Quhen the scheip this strif had contestait, The Iustice in the cause furth can proceid
