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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: 1604

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Relapsit, ppl. adj. [Relaps(e v. Cf. e.m.E. relapsed (1570).] That has relapsed into wrong-doing. = Relaps(e adj. —1604 Shetland Sheriff Ct. (ed.) 132.
Thomas Sinclair being accusit for being ane relapsit persoun with Mareoun Manisdochter

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