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: 1533-1582
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Reclame, n. [ME (Cursor M.) and e.m.E. reclaim(e, -clayme; late ME recleyme (c1430), OF reclaim n. f. recla(i)mer Reclame v.] Only in bot or without (ony) reclame, without protest or objection; without (right to) appeal. — 1533 Bell. Livy I 70/26.
The Sabinis complanit that thare rebellis … war thare intertenyit but ony reclame or punycioun eftir following 1535 Stewart 26166.
The eistmest part of Britane … Saxonis sal haue … Without reclame [of] ony Brit agane 1582 Laing MSS I 33.
We all sall abyde at thair delyverance without reclame
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