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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: 1567-1568
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(Unfirit,) Unfyrit, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. vnfired (1590); Fire v.] Not set on fire, not lit. — 1567–8 Criminal Trials I i 497.
An lunt … sall be fyrit at the far end, and the unfyrit end laid in the … pulder
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"Unfirit ppl. adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/unfirit>
