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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Inunct, v. and p.p. Also: inwnct. [L. inunct-, ppl. stem of inungere.] tr. To anoint; p.p. anointed. —1513 Doug. vi. iii. 121.
The cald ded corps is weschin and inunct Ib. ix. xii. 106.
To graith and till inunct [R. inoynt] a castyng dart Ib. x. iii. 47.
Thar myght men thé se, Invnctand venemus schaftis the ilk tydea1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. fol. 8 b.
Our saluioure beand inwnctit be Marye Magdalene

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