A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Nud(e, a. [e.m.E. (1531), L. nūd-us naked.] a. Unsupported by written evidence. b. Mere, simple, plain. —1492–3 Acta Conc. I. 262/2.
That the copy of the said procuratory wes nocht insert in the said instrument bot said of the nud word of the said noter 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 26.
The Caluinistis can not schau … ony place, quhair the vordis … ar tane for nude takins and signis Id. Facile Tr. 31.
Thair … coustume is, … to appele to the nude scriptures
