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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Portionat, v. and p.p. [f. Portio(u)n(e n. 2 b: cf. med. L. (Brit.) portionare to apportion.] tr. To provide with a portion of an inheritance. —1583 Edinb. Test. XII 251.
The said Johne Kennedy ordinit Johne Kennedy Elizabeth & Katherine Kennedeis his vnportionat barnes to be portionat according to ane writting & appointment maid be him
1584 Ib. XIII 240 b.
That my foure ȝoungest sones haif thair thrid of my mouabill gudis & dettis awand to me becaus that Andro is portionat alreddie
1593 Ib. XXVI 29.
He levis fyve ȝeiris proffeit of the kirk of Mochrum to portionat his eldest dochter

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