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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1579, 1631
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Unbeggit, p.p. Also: wnbeggit. [17th c. Eng. unbegged (1634); Beg v.] Not obtained by begging. — 1579 Acts III 141/1.
And sic as necessarlie mon be sustenit be almous to see quhat they may be maid content … to accept daylie to leif on vnbeggit 1631 Banff Ann. I 66.
To giwe everie persone ane equall portioune … as may easilie suffice them to hald them wnbeggit
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