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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1389-1644
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For(e)nemmit, Foirnemmit, a. Also: fore-, foir-, fornemmyt, -nemyt, -nemit; foirnemmed, fornemmid(e. [Nem v.] = Forenamit a.(a) 1389 Wemyss Chart. 23.
The fornemmyt landys 1390 Acts I. 216/2.
The half of the fornemmyt erldome 1398 Liber Melrose 489.
I [the] fornemmide Archebalde Mcdowell 1429–30 Reg. Great S. 30/2.
Thir fornemmyt profitis 1438 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 301.
The fornemmit John 1517 Dunferm. B. Rec. 156.
The fornemmit sowme 1562-3 Winȝet I. 135/6.
The fornemmit Polycrates(b) 1393 Reg. Morton II. 190.
The fornemyt landes 1405 Lennox Mun. 58.
With the consent of thair fornemit spousis 1428 Lanark & R. 283.
At the fornemyt place 1596 Douglas Bequest (Reg. H.) 7 June.
The fornemit four oxgang of land 1630 Orkney Bishopric Court Book 74.
The fornemitt persounes(c) 1427 Charter (Reg. H.) C.O. No. 40.
Costis … for the forenemmyt landis 1543 Fam. Innes 108.
Stait and possessioun … of the forenemmyt landis 1562-3 Winȝet I. 71/3.
Caluin and his forenemmit [complices](d) 1482 Bamff Chart. 32.
The foirnemmit condicionis 1527 Douglas Chart. 342.
In my foirenemmyt last vritingis 1572 Protocol Book of A. Lawson 20.
Renunciatioun of the foirnemmit landis 1622-6 Bisset II. 291/9.
The foirnemmed Simon and Jude 1644 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 25.
The … election of the foirnemit persons
b. Placed after the noun or in absolute use.1389 Wemyss Chart. 23.
Tha landys fornemmyt 1397 Douglas Chart. 39.
The day and plays forenemyt 1398 Liber Melros 489.
The gude and somme fornemmide 1438 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 301.
It wes demit … that he the fornemmit saide [etc.] 1495 Reg. Cupar A. I. 248.
The acris and toft forenemyt 1542 Ib. II. 23.
Florence Elge and hir sone fornemit
