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: 1600-1621, 1700+
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(Tildit,) Tyldit, Tyleit, Tayl(e)d, ppl. adj. [Late ME and e.m.E. tyled (c1450), tyeld (1546), tilde (1609); Tild v.] Roofed, covered (with roofing tiles). —1600 Stirling Merch. Guild 15.
All fre gildbreither sall haif libertie to stand on the hie gait on the merkat day, with this provision, that they sall haif na tyleit [Stirling B. Rec. II 382, tyldit] stands nor flaiks foranent their stands 1621 Stirling Merch. Guild 40.
The den of gild … ratifeis the actis maid of befoir concerning tayled stands on the merkat days, and … ordanis all friemen quha vses to stand on the gaitt on Setterdays merkat that thai haif na tayld stands 1739 Stirling B. Rec. II 249.
The three uppermost rooms of the ridd tayled house
