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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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Premodiously, adv. Appar. erron. alteration of Predoniusly q.v. —1688 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII 315.
The defender takeing adwantadge of the complainers infancie … had summerly and premodiously possest himselfe … of his lands … and … moveables

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