A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Inhabityn, vbl. n. [Late ME. inhabetting (a 1400–50), enhabytynge; Inhabit v. 1 c.] = Inhabitatioun n. —1475 Peebles B. Rec. I. 174.
For the telyng and the inhabityn that he made apon the Quhitauchis . .the sayd Williame sal. .assyth mak to the nychtburis
