A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unassurit, ppl. adj. Also: unassured. [Late ME and e.m.E. unassured (Lydgate); Assurit ppl. adj.] a. predic. Not bound or covered by a guarantee of immunity. b. attrib. Unsure, uncertain. —a. 1551 Acts II 484/1.
Quhair Scottismen vnassurit with Ingland raid vpone Scottismen assurit with Ingland —b. 1584 Gowrie P. 75.
This yonge kinges course [is] directed partely by the unassured compasse of his mother's counsell
