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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.
Quotation dates: 1567-1591
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(Nombrit,) Nwmbrit, Nowmberit, ppl. a. [Nombre v.; e.m.E. number'd (1611), numbred (1628).] Counted out in ready money. = Noumerit ppl. a. 1. —1567 Glasgow Protocols Abstracts III. 99.
The sowme of ane hundreth merkis to be payit in nowmberit money 1591 Ib. X. Pref. 51.
The sowme of fyve hundrith merkis money, nwmbrit and tauld gold and silvir
