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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1681
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Record, v. Also: -corde, -coird, racord(e. [ME (Ancr. R., Manning) and e.m.E. record(e, OF recorder, L. recordāre.]
1. tr. To report or attest the execution of a summonds.1385 3rd Rep. Hist. MSS App. 410.
I haf mad this somondys in this maner as I hafe recordyt laufully
2. intr. To relate orally; to say or tell; to speak of.(1) a1400 Legends of the Saints vii 417.
Sic [thinge] as thu Recordis now ?1438 Alex. ii 2470.
Ȝe can richt wele Record of lufe … The stoundis c1420 Wynt. vii 488 (W).
Quhat betaknyt that mysty word, That he recordit [C. That he swa spak] at the burd 14.. Acts I 201 (red) note.
As eldrene men dois record 1460 Hay Alex. (S.T.S.) 2042.
The hie nobillnes that men of him recordis c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ix 414.
Ilk wicht off hym gret honour than recordis [: lordis] a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 1342.
Scho … Sperit how plesit scho hir lord War, scho said, na I can record c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) 97/13.
Quhois crewall sclander servis ded, And in my name all leis recordis c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 350.
Quhen he come befoir the lord, The veritie he did record a1585 Maitland Quarto MS 188/61.
The erle of Sussix can recoird … The generous ansser of that lord 1600-1610 Melvill 59.
As I hard him record(b) c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace vi 276.
He was rychtwys lord … as trew men will racord(2) c1450-2 Howlat 656 (A).
All that war fowlis of reif, the richt quha recordis c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace v 246.
Schir Jhon Stwart, the rycht for [till] record [1570 rycht quha wil record], In Doune is now new cummyn c1475 Ib. 738.
The trewth for to record
b. Const. till, to (onto) a person, or with personal pron. as indirect obj.1375 Barb. i 72.
Thai all concordyt That all thar spek suld be recordyt Till Schyr Eduuard a1400 Legends of the Saints iii 1065.
He … Recordyt it to the bischope all As he harde a1400 Ib. xxxv 84.
Quhen scho [had] herd this tale He recordyt til hyre c1420 Wynt. iv 1467 (C).
To racorde ȝow schortly, The Romanys war [etc.] 1468 Smit Bronnen I ii 1019.
At ȝai may racorde on to owr soveran lord … at [etc.] c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace x 542.
The Bruce than in his mynd remordyt Thai wordis suth that Wallace had him recordyt
c. To here record, to hear tell (of a person).tr., const. clause object, or intr.c1400 Troy-bk. ii 1489 (C).
For, if ȝhoure nyghboures heres record Ȝow left but governoure and lord c1420 Wynt. viii 1472.
Quhen [etc.] … , as yhe herd record 1460 Hay Alex. (S.T.S.) 3251.
Of before of him he herde recorde That he was all-way reddy to concorde a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 121.
It ganyth not, as I have harde recorde, The seruand for to disput with the lord a1500 Ib. 594.
He gan inquere … If that thei knew or euer hard recorde Of Galiot c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 1520.
Ane agit lord, That of this squyer hard record
3. tr. To relate or narrate in writing; to give a written account of; to mention in a piece of writing; to put on record. Also absol.(a) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxi 239.
It nedis nocht to recorde here The dole … That [etc.] a1400 Ib. xxxvi 1215.
Ane wthire buk I made Quhare-in I recordit the genology Of Oure Lady c1400 Troy-bk. i 588.
And thus of Medea fynd I Recordit in all poetrye c1400 Ib. ii 2017.
This Cletemistra, thai record, … Had [etc.] c1420 Wynt. vi 136 (W).
As Scottis corniklis ar recordand c1420 Wynt. vi 761. 1460 Hay Alex. (S.T.S.) 6025.
The dedis … Quhilk wther buikis … recordis At thare plesance a1500 Henr. Fab. 35.
Ane lord Of quhome the name it neidis not record 1654 Glasgow B. Rec. II 292.
The rentall of the lipper almeshous … to be heir insert and recordit 1681 Stair Inst. ii iii §22.
That prior infeftment marked by the clerk [but] not recorded(b) c1420 Wynt. ii 902 (C).
Bot sympilly for til racorde Withe in the eyldis that that fel c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii 46.
Or ellis war schaym in story to racordabsol. c1420 Wynt. ii Prol. 30.
Bot wytht Orosyus we wyll discorde In tyll oure date, qwhen we recorde Before or fra the byrth off Gode … Beffor or fra than reknys he The yhere as made wes the cyte c1420 Ib. 1466.
Bot on that poynt … I dar noucht tyll yhow now [v.r. mak] record 1535 Stewart 60438.
Of the expensis, gif I richt record, Of ilk bischop and euirilk secular lord [etc.]
b. Also, once, const. personal pron. as indirect obj.a1400 Legends of the Saints i 353.
As Leo recordis vs, Symon thane sad to Nero this
4. To meditate or consider. Also absol.c1420 Wynt. v 3932.
Yhe suld wyth yhoure-selff record Quhat yhe have bene a1585 Maitland Quarto MS 243/17.
I did record And then to lait my love I did remord
b. To account or repute (a person) (a member of a specified category). —1661 Red Bk. Grandtully II 166.
The honor … to be recorded a sufferer
5. intr. To belong or pertain to.a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 605.
Hyme lakid nocht that to a lord recordith [: accordith]
