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: 1531-1563, 1640
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Irrecoverabill, -able, a. Also: irrecuverable. [e.m.E. irrecoverable (1540). Common only in Bellenden.] a. That cannot be remedied or rectified; irremediable, irretrievable. b. That cannot be recovered from. —1531 Bell. Boece I. 50.
The commonis war sa disparit for the irrecoverable skaithis done to thaim 1531 Ib. II. 156.
Thy pre-eminent glore … sall dekey in irrecoverable dammage 1531 Ib. 455.
The Scottis … come to irrecoverabill dissolatioun 1533 Id. Livy II. 175/26.
Nane of the citeȝanis … suld persaue the secrete and irrecoverabil danger that was haistelie cummyn to the toun 1562-3 Winȝet II. 6/28.
The forcie and irrecouerable strake, quhilk he richt michtelie of doublis aganis al sawaris of discord 1640 Aberd. Council Lett. II. 260.
We stand in neid to have ane heir [= here] … for irrecuverable preiudices is plotting against us
