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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1441, 1502-1591
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Odland, n. Also oid landis pl. Land or lands additional to, or not forming part of, some main body of land. — 1441 (1680) Mar & Kellie Mun. (Reg. H.) Temp. no. ET 791.
Ane akyr of land … lyand betuixt the said John Arkyllis schort landis and the Smydiefurde with his part of the odland the quhilk excedis twelf acris 1502 Orkney Rentals i. 24.
Burgh and Terland vij d. terre of the auld erledome & iij farding terre odland 1562–3 Rec. Earld. Orkney 115.
The od land of Hoxa onlayd abefoyre 1591 Reg. Great S. 659/2.
Rex erexit villam de Auchtermuchtie … cum lie commoun grene et the officiaris-land, odland and commounland … in liberum burgum regalem —plur. 1535 Dunferm. Reg. Ct. 123.
Certan debatable oid landis of the landis of Sothfoid
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