A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1489-1490
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Recamby, n. [Med. L. *recambium (Sp. recambio, It. ricambio), late L. cambium exchange.] The re-exchange on a bill. = Recheng(e n. —1489–90 Acts Lords of Council I 129/2.
The payment of the soume of twa hundrethe fourtj ducatis … and of the recamby ilke foure monethe … of ilke x ducate a ducate
