A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Disponing, -yn(g, vbl. n. [f. Dispone v.] Disposal, disposition, assignment, etc.1458 Fam. Kilravock 133.
[He] sal gif and deliuer William his sone … to … his eme, to be at his will and disponyng at his liking a1500 Henr. Orph. 343.
Abbotis … For euill disponyng of thair placis rent … were bitterly turment 1476 Prestwick B. Rec. 27.
Andro Sauer is in ane vnlaw for the wrangwis disponyn and sellin of Jok Clerkis salt to Jok Broun 1509 Reg. Privy S. I. 277/1.
That nane mak ony stop or impediment to the sade Johne … in the peceable bruking … and disponyng apon the malis [etc.] 1557 Edinb. B. Rec. III. 13.
The saidis baillies and counsale ansuret … that thai suld nocht grant to the disponing of ony burgeschippis … except to men of fame 1583 Misc. Spald. C. II. 340.
The … brouking, joysing, vptaking, … and disponing vpoun of the escheat guidis
