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: 1513-1566
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Indigest, Indegest, adj. [ME. (1398), L. indigestus.] Undigested, in fig. senses of persons and sounds. —1513 Doug. xi. vii. 104.
Into consalys gevyng he was hald A man nocht indegest, bot wys and cald 1558-66 Knox I. 133.
Persons heard weaping and as it war ane indigest sound, as it war of prayeris1565 Ib. VI. 229.
Except this onely rude and indigest sermon preached by me
