A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Onmerited, p.p. [Merit v.; e.m.E. unmerited (1648).] That has not been deserved or earned by the recipient. —1604 Craig i. 33 Epistle.
Thy courtasies … and thy onmerited [pr. omnerited] munificence are all forgotten
