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: 1525-1581
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Undivorcit, -devorsit, Wndeworsit, Ondivorsit, p.p. [18th c. Eng. undivorc'd (1744); Divorce v.] Not divorced, still married. —(a) 1525 Acts II 294/1.
I … sall treit hir grace at my power sa lang as we are vndiuorcit as law, conscience & honestie … requiris 1551 Acts II 486/1.
Quhatsumeuer persoun maryis twa sindrie wyfis … leuand togidder vndeuorsit … ar of the law periure and infame —(b) 1564–5 Canongate Kirk S. (ed.) 14.
Scho hes ane uthair husband yit lewand, in Sanct Johnstoun, wndeworsit —(c) 1581 St. A. Kirk S. 458.
Sche being yit mariit with Alexander Wrycht ondivorsit
