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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1616-1621
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Teindfrie, Teyndfrie, adj. [Te(i)nd n. 3 and Fre adj.] Not liable to pay tithe. — 1616 Boyd Fam. P. No. 99 (31 May).
The samin being burdenit with tuelff bollis wictuall of teind yeirlie and sett teind frie to the tennents 1621 Acts IV 612/2.
Gleibis to be teyndfrie 1621 Edinburgh Testaments LI 125b.
It is my will … that scho [sc. my spouse] bruik thais landis teindfrie
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