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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: 1570-1580, 1658-1677

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Resting, vbl. n.2 Also: rist-. [Rest v.2] a. The suspension or withholding of a sentence. b. The amount (of a debt) still unpaid. —a. 1570–80 Rec. Earld. Orkney 151.
That insafar as thai had nocht persewit the risting of the decreit gevin … at the said steine … that thai suld nevir be hard to persew the samin … thaireftir
b. 1658 Stitchill Baron Ct. 14.
Decerned to pay … for service, resting of fee and bountith confest foure punds fyve shillings Scots
1677 Dunblane Synod 125.
As also tuo yeares' resting be the … session of … Monivaird, extending to four pound yearely

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