A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1478-1556
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Grund-richt, -rycht, n. Also: grunde-. [Grund n. 4.] = Ground-richt; right of possession. — 1478 Acts Lords Auditors 83/2.
Anent the clame of a land & tenement … and becaus of diuers grund richtis allegeit in the said mater, the lordis auditoris decretis [etc.] 1485 Acts Lords of Council *103/2.
The acion … concernis and dependis apone the grunde rycht of the fee and heretage 1506 Liber Aberbr. 370.
Quhilk vse sal induce na possessione to the saide lord of Innermeith nothir grunde rycht nor seruitute 1556 Digest Justiciary Proc. B. 126.
The questionis of grund rycht and debait of landis is dependand betuix the said abbot of Dunfermling and the said Mitchell
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Grund-richt n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 15 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/grund_richt>
