A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1515-1619
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Incorrupt, -rup, a. [ME. (1387 in lit. sense), e.m.E. (fig. 1545), L. incorruptus.] Free from moral corruption; unblemished. —c1515 Asloan MS II. 246/38.
Knowing ȝour pure and incorrupt entent 1562-3 Winȝet II. 56/29.
The talent of the catholik fayth … incorrupt 1562-3 Ib. 61/22.
Be incorrupt tradition of the trewth 1587-99 Hume 4/25. Ep. Ded. in
To haue ane incorrupt and holie hart 1619 Garden Elphinston 516.
In office faithfull fund, and ay Knawne incorrup, and pure
