A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Indeficient, -difficient, a. [e.m.E. indefycyent (1526), L. indēficiens.] Unfailing. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. vii. 25.
Welcum, oure indeficient adjutorie 1528 Lynd. Dreme 761.
Holesum fructis indeficient 1531 Bell. Boece II. 163.
Worthy to have indifficient glore c1552 Lynd. Mon. 847.
Fructis indeficient 1622-6 Bisset I. 42/7.
To have indifficient prais and gloir
