A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Optening, -yng, varr. of Obtening vbl. n. (obtaining). —1472 Lennox Mun. 86.
For alsmekill as the said Lord Dernlee … trauellys for the optenyng … of the erldome 1489 Acts II. 222/2.
The recuperacioun and optening of annuale rentis in burgh 1520 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 200.
Till fortefy … the saidis bonetmakaris in the optenyng … of the act
