A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Sponsible, adj. [Aphetic f. Responsabill adj., Responsibill adj., also in the later dial.; cf. 18th c. Eng. sponsible (1765).] Responsible, reliable, ? safe. —1529 Stirling B. Rec. I 34.
Sir Johen Hounttar, chaplane, was fundin liper … and nocht sponsible to ramane with haill pepill
