A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Incombrance, n. [Var. of Encumbra(u)nce: e.m.E. incumberance (1535), -combrance.] Encumbrance, impediment, hindrance. —c1400 Troy-bk. i. 438.
Scho [Medea] wald ger. .That thing be sped, forout lattyng Or incombrance of ony thing
