A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1409-1436, 1516-1517
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Relesch(e, n. [ME and late ME releische (1387), f. as Relese n. Cf. Relesch(ev.1] a. Deliverance of suffering, etc. b. To mak (a) relesch, to order a revocation, to make a cancellation. —a. c1409-1436 Kingis Quair 176.
For my reconforting In relesche of my furiouse pennance —b. 1516–17 Melville Chart. 61.
I … be this writ releschis and dischargis the arest put … apon the corns of Jhone Mailuill [etc.] … and this relesch and dischargis I mak becaus the said Jhon … hes actit hym for the said sowme
