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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Preter, prep. (L. præter beyond, in addition to, besides, in the macaronic L. of the Orkney Rental; noted only in the earliest (1497–1503) Rental.) —1502 Orkney Rentals i 5.
xiij halkhennis et totum supra to pay preter the haill dettis of costis calingis toft & the milne Ib. 22.
Summa de malt scat preter it that the bischop takis [etc.] a 1503 Ib. 85.
Et totum to pay preter all the leyis the blawin land [etc.]
