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Record, n. Also: -corde, -coird, racord(e. [ME (Cursor M.) and e.m.E. record(e, OF record, med. L. recordum.]

1. Testimony, witness; proof.To take to (unto) … record, to call to witness.Also, once, applied to a person.(1) 1385 Red Bk. Grandtully I 138.
That I … assentyt to resayue this cause before wrytyn in myne ordenans, and thairof to gyf iugement be the recorde of my twnge, I made bodely fayth it ryhtwysly to dome a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 388.
Shir, no record lyith to such thing [sc. dreams](2) 1545 Douglas Corr. 164.
I tak unto my record Almychting God 1553–4 Knox III 133.
But God I take to recorde in my conscience that [etc.](3) a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS 422/105.
Renownid Richard of ȝour rais record

b. A (written) attestation of a particular circumstance. 14.. Acts I 26/2.
Than aw to be made recorde of the chalange and of the ansuere before the wytnes sua at thai here and wyt quhat thai sall suere 14.. Ib. 68/2.
The record maid … be all the dempsteris of Scotland … of thaim that wes fra the oiste that [etc.]

c. To beir record, to bear witness. a1568 Bannatyne MS I p. 51/17.
The Lord quha beiris record 1584 Acts III 295/1.
To beir record of our mercie a1585 Polwart Flyt. 661 (T).
Quhois honorabill origine, the note of his name, Callit etimoligie, beiris richtlie record

d. An attestation by an officer of court that he has served a summons or other writ as required. 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Recordvm.
Recorda summonitionis signifies the rehearse, report or testification of the execution of the summondes, brieve [etc.] 1450 Edinb. Univ. MS Borland No. 206, 111.
The said lord askit at hys serjand … gif he had fulfillit the ward giffin in his laet cowrt. … The quhilk serjand said ȝha and gaif in the record of his summondis 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Recordvm.
The execution of all brieues before inferiour judges and of all criminall summondes before the three estaites in Parliament are verified in judgement be the record of the executor theirof and twa witnes 1597 Ib., etc.
Anent the record of serjandes or maires that the summounds & record theirof salbe put in wreit gif it please the serjand [etc.] … and he sal reade the samin gif he can in plaine court … vtherwaies he may make the record be word in the best form he may and gif he failȝies he may be helped … concerning all and sindrie clauses [etc.] … vsed in the record of ane summondes quhilk record the serjand or maire sall prieue sufficientlie be lauchfull witnes. And the said record being swa maid the samin salbe receaved as lauchfull 1609 Id. Reg. Maj. ii 46b.

2. An official report of the proceedings in a court of law, including the judgment given. 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Recordvm.
Recordum curiae signifies the report rehearsall or minute of that quhilk is done in court 14.. Regiam Majestatem c. 125.
Alsua other les courtis has record in the kingis court of tha thingis that ar done in thaim 14.. Ib., etc.
The wordis be the quhilkis that batal was wagit & of it hes recorde 14.. Burgh Laws c. 22 (A).
Than sal the recorde be mad be for the witnes of the folowyng & the ansuering at thai herd that thing quhat at thai sal suer 14.. Ib. c. 45 (B).
And than sal be made a recorde be for wytnes of the opposyng & answaryng 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Recordvm.
He quha alleged that wrang was done to him in the inferiour courte raised the record or interloquutor pronunced against him & summound the judge to compeire before the kinges justice 1597 Ib.
Ilk lauchfull court … hes thair awin recordes in all sik actiones as are intended and decided before them 1609 Id. Reg. Maj. i 55b marg.
Ane record of court signifies the rehersall or the report of ane proces 1609 Ib. 56.
The pley may proceid be way of recorde in the kings court gif the parties grants the record to be sic that it may be againe said

3. Something said or told; a statement; an account (of something that has happened); ? a reply.Freq. to mak record.(1) c1420 Ratis Raving 141.
Wordis and recordis seir That thow may with thin eris here a1500 Henr. Hasty Credence 19.
For fals tailis to put ane trew man doun, And gevand creddence to the first recoird [: lord] c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii 110.
Quhen Wallace hard the sekyr trew record [: lord] 1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 56.
Thay geue thy word ane fals record, Quhilk neuer hard the veritie(2) c1420 Wynt. ii 1460 (C).
I dar noucht til ȝow mak racorde [: accorde] a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 729.
The king fell in carping, and tauld his intent. To mony gracious grome he maid his record [: lord, ford, schord] c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace x 1145.
To that langage Cumyn maid na record [: remord] c1475 Ib. xi 1446. c1575 Balfour Pract. 439.
As eldren men has maid record

b. An opinion or belief. c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace iv 38.
Thocht a subiet in deid wald pas his lord It is nocht lewyt be na rychtwis racord

4. An account of facts or information preserved in written form. 1612 Acts IV 516/2.
The blak buik … quhilk is onlye ane memore and record of the infeftmentis evidentis and writtis 1613 Denmylne MSS in Highland P. III 131.
Seing thair wes no recorde maid … anent that poynt nor nothing spokin thairof 1622-6 Bisset I 254/5.
Heirtofoir the verball complaynt of burges[sis] [etc.] … caused the lyke verball commissioun to be gevin … to the officer … there beand na recorde thereof any quhere ellis 1622-6 Ib. II 264/27.
The Scottis lawes … war takin furth thereof … [as the] memoriallis recordis of the samin beiris 1672 Lauder Jrnl. 208.
My lord Lauderdale sayes he can find by no record wheir ever he was a lord

b. specif. The publict records, the public records of Scotland. — 1689 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIV 25.
John Ross, Keeper of the Publict Records, presently in the Laigh Parliament House

5. Repute; account (of a person). c1420 Ratis Raving 1738.
Quhat is thar than Lyvand by kynd of ony man? Richt nocht, bot gud recorde or evil c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ix 1133.
Off him he maid bot lycht record [: lord]

6. Accord, reconciliation. Cf. late ME recorde in this sense (once, c1400). 1460 Hay Alex. (S.T.S.) 9024.
And vnder hope of tretise and recorde To mak all pece with Clarus King thare lord c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 618.
In the court of France wes, than, … Of Ingland monie ane prudent lord, Efter the weir makand record