A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Relev(e, v.2 [? Re- and Leve v.1 7 b.] ? To refer or remit. —1533–4 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 136.
Na burges … to sowmont utheris without leif of our bailyeis …, bot gef it be relevit by the borrow lawis to the spirituall lawis
