A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Distrubil(le, n. [ME. distrouble (c 1450).] Troubling; molestation. —14.. Acts I. 110/2.
An connabil place quhar the best or the thyngis … may vyth ese & wythout distrubil cum 1495 Acta Conc. 421/2.
To decist and ces fra all vexacioune and distrubille of the said Marioune in the said terce
