A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Skopft, n. (? ON skipti a division; but in the following quot. amis skopft is prob. ON hafnskipti: ‘a pro indiviso estate, only temporarily divided among the heirs, and changed about or redivided from time to time’ (Rec. Earld. Orkney, 82, f.n. 3).) —1519 Rec. Earld. Orkney 93.
The nyne penny land of Saba and fredome thairof lyis within ane amis skopft within it selff
