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: 1456, 1513
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Undegest, Ondegest, -digest, p.p. [ME and e.m.E. vndigeste (Trevisa); Degest ppl. adj. Cf. Indigest adj.] a. Of stomach contents: Undigested. b. Of an event: Untimely, premature. c. Of a person: Immature, rash. —a. 1456 Hay II 126/8.
Quhen it ressavis mare na it was wont to, that remaynis in the stomak undegest and rawe —b. 1513 Doug. xi iv 63.
Bot had this hasty ded, sa ondigest [Sm. ondegest, Ruddim. vndegest] Haue sufferit bot my son a stound to lest —c. 1513 Doug. xi vii 104 (Ruddim.).
Into counsalis geuing he was hald Ane man not vndegest [C., Sm. indegest] bot wise and cald
