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

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Manumit, v. [ME. (1432–50) and e.m.E., L. manūmittere.] tr. a. To release from bondage or servitude; to set free, liberate. b. To confer a University degree upon. (Thissense only Sc.). —a. 14.. Reg. Maj. c. 47.
Manumissione is gift of fredome for quhi als lang as ony mane is in seruitut he is bundyn to the hande … of his lorde & fra he be manumittyt he is deliueryt & fra the hand & the pouste of his lorde
1604-31 Craig i. 22.
[To] manumit afflicted Greece from Turks and tyrans hands
b. c1646 Craufurd Edinb. Univ. fol. 27. Ib. fol. 58.
The 47. classe … were solemnely manumitted in the lower hall of the colledge

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