A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1609, 1665-1699
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Irredemable, -deimable, -deemable, a. [Appar. not Eng. before 1720: cf. Irredimable.] Not redeemable, not capable of being redeemed by the granter. —1609 Skene Reg. Maj. ii. 105.
Gif ane pley is anent lands, quhither they be redemable, or irredemable, ane warrant may be called 1665 Irvine Deeds MS. 8 Dec.
For ane heretable and irredeimable dispositioune to be made be him to me … of the third pairt of the said tenement 1699 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs IV. 293.
The herretable and irredeemable right … of the milns of Forres
