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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Undoutand, -dowtand, Owndowtand, ppl. adj. and adv. [18th c. Eng. undoubting (1735); Doutand pres. p.] a. ppl. adj. Undoubted. = Undoutabill adj. 2. b. adv. Undoubtedly. = Undoutabill adv. —a. c1400 Troy-bk. ii 2887.
At his moder he gane inquer Quho was his fader vndowtand [L. cuius fuerit filius] —b. 1551 Hamilton Cat. 4.
It is undoutand ane synfull and ane damnabil thing to varie and discord in materis of our faith 1551 Hamilton Cat. 126.
Is this general faith … undoutand it is nocht sufficient —(b) 1547 Corr. M. Lorraine 204.
Thar com iiij scheppes to Browthte this last Monownday … owndowtand thae is men of weyr
