A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Soum total,) Sum totale, n. [ME somme totall (c1395), med. L. summa totalis (1218 in Latham); Soum n.1 and total n. Cf. MF somme totale (1538).] The total amount or aggregate (of items of expenditure). —1473 Treas. Acc. I 74.
Sum totale of all the parcialis of thir expensis befor wirtin [etc.]
