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: 1490, 1560, 1617
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Unfallin(g, Wn-falling, pres. p. and p.p. [Fall v.] a. pres. p. Not falling, without falling. b. p.p. Unfallen, having failed to fall. —a. 1617 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs III 52.
Seing … that they ar abill be thair selffis to mak thair awin entressis … vnfalling in anie dainger of the law for the samin —b. 1490 Irland Mir. II 131/17.
The natur of man in paradice … mycht haue … nocht fallin in syn … bot eftir that our natur was … corrumpit be the syn of Adam … be our awne wertu and power we may nocht keip ws wn-falling in syn 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 5295.
To pyke and holk and vndermine the towre Quhill it had nouther … strenth nor micht Within thre dayis vnfallin to stand vp richt
