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

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1562-1595, 1661

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Determinat, p.p. and ppl. a. [ME. (Chaucer), L. dēterminātus.] Determinate; determined, decided.(1) 1562-3 Winȝet I. 73/3.
Ȝour determinationis in controuersiis neuir afoir this determinat
1580 Edinburgh Testaments VIII. 263.
All flesche … is ordinit anis to die, ȝit nochtwithstanding the determinat day thairof vnknawin
1595 Brechin Testaments I. 131 b.
The determinat day & hour thairof onknawin
(2) 1568 Buch. Indict. 34.
The King … of determinat mynd purposit to tak his lyif
1570 Leslie 96.
Gif it had pleased the hiche determinat will of almichtie God to have lente him langer lief
a1578 Pitsc. II. 154/18.
Thai ar determenat … ȝe sall not eskaipe
1661 Red Bk. Grandtully II. 155.
Cassiles is to give his determinatt answer … peremptorilie tomorrow

Determinat p.p., ppl. adj.

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