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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: 1400-1499

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Ret, v. [Aphetic, f. Aret v., or OF reter to accuse (late 11th c. in Greimas).] tr. To accuse; to charge with (of) wrong-doing. —14.. Burgh Laws c. 68 (B).
Gyf a burges be chalangit or rettyt of ony ivil dede 14.. Ib. c. 83.
Gyf ony be rettyt [Acts arettit] of ony ivil dede

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