A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Occupy, n. = Occupyin(g vbl. n. —1534 Selkirk B. Ct. MS. 180 b (22 May).
I ordand the curait of Selkyr … to exoner the said Thomas and his ayris fra the occupy of the forsaid croft