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: 1614-1671
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Undervalue, v. P.p. undervallowit. [e.m.E. vndervalue (Shakespeare) undervalewe (1612); Value v.] a. tr., p.p. Of lands: Rented at too low a monetary value. b. To place too low a value on (something), to esteem or appreciate insufficiently. c. absol. or intr. To regard as of little value, to disclaim. —a. 1614 Denmylne MSS in Highland P. III 159.
It hathe bein … muche mervelled how the landis in the west … suld haif bein so high retoured and the landis … in the choicest pairtes of our countrey, as Fyife and Lothiane to be so far vndervallowit —b. 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 509.
What fools are we, to undervalue His gifts, and to lightly that which is true honour! —c. 1671 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. III 288.
Patrick Tulloch … undervalueing to robb any house bot the shreffes house
