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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Customit, -yt, ppl. a. Also: custamet. [e.m.E. customed, ME. customyd (Wyclif). Cf. Custumit.] Accustomed, usual.1392 Lennox Mun. 47.
The seruys tyl hym acht and customyt
Ib.
Doande … the avcht customyt seruys … till thair ourlorde
1446 Reg. Cupar A. I. 126.
The sayd Johne doand to vs al duyte and servys as aucht and customyt is of our lordschip to do
1604 Rec. Privy C. VII. 12.
The ordinarie and auld custamet tyme of the electioun of thair magistratis

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