A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1542-1590
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Unconsumit, Wnconswmit, Onconsumit, ppl. adj. [17th c. Eng. vnconsumed (1627); Consume v.] a. Not damaged or spoilt. b. Not destroyed. —a. 1542 Linlithgow B. Ct. 11 Oct.
That na hay be sauld derrer nor v d. the stane and that it be wnconswmit stuff —b. 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 46/32.
Adam hed prophetysȝit that the varld sal end be vattir and be the fyir, and for that cause the baikyn stane vald thole the fyir & the onba[k]yn stane vald thole the vattir, and of this sort the art of astronomie suld ay remane onconsumit c1590 J. Stewart 92/464.
Great meruell that my hart now dow So long induir in luifis feruent low, And vnconsumit vtterlie to nocht!
