A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1499
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Outby, v. [By v.: cf. e.m.E. outbuie (1608), -buy, in various senses.] tr. To buy (oneself) out of bondage. — 14.. Regiam Majestatem c. 45.
Quharfor with his awn propyr pennis he may him nocht outby [L. quod propriis denariis suis versus dominum suum non potest redimere seipsum]
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