A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1571-1588
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Ta(u)ld, ppl. adj. [Tel(l v. 9 b.] Counted. See also Doun-tauld p.p. — 1513 Selkirk B. Ct. MS 27a.
The haill malis … in numerit and tald money to the said Allan payit1571 Protocol Book of A. Millar 8b (see Numerat ppl. adj. 2).
Tald 1574 Protocol Book of T. Anderson 58b.
Ane sowm in numerat & tauld monie 1588 Douglas Bequest 19 May.
To haue ressauit reallie and withe effect in nvmerat and tauld money fra Patrick Futhie … the sowme of ane hundreth and ten merkis
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