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: 1584-1596
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(Uncorruptit,) Uncorrupted, ppl. adj. [Late ME vncorruppit (c1400), e.m.E. uncorrupted (1539); Corruptit ppl. adj.] That has not been corrupted; pure, unblemished. Cf. Uncorrupt(e p.p. b, Uncorruptabile adj. —a1585 Maitland Quarto MS 267/10.
In his breist quhilk wisdome did contene Lay steidfast treuth; and vncorrupted fayth 1596 Dalr. I 144/1.
King Durst … borne of maist innocent inteir and vncorrupted parentis
