A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1564-1565
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Uncontractit, p.p. [e.m.E. vncontracted (1527); Contract v. 3 b.] Not contracted to be married. —1564–5 Reg. Privy C. I 325.
He sould … keip the said Jane … as fre woman uncontractit or mariit in ony sort for the space of ane yeir
