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: 1496, 1577-1699
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(Remitting,) Remytting, -metting, vbl. n. Also: rem-. [Late ME remyttyng (c1450); Remit(t v.] The action of remitting, in senses 3, 4 and 8 c of Remit(t v. —1496 Acts Lords of Council II 26.
He … schew the compt made apone the sade extrect quhair thai war superexpendit be the forgeving and remytting of sowmes be our soverane lord —16.. Rudiments fol. 18a.
Of remmitting or aswadgeing By litle and litle, leasurlie, softlie and faire [etc.] —1577 Lanark B. Rec. 73.
Befoir the ellecting of the provest and remetting of the provestrie of Jhon Carmychell and off that offece [etc.]
