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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1502, 1594-1605
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Unfund, -fundin, p.p. Also: on fund. [Find v. 3 d.] a. Of a surety: Not having been found. b. Of a sum of money: Not found. c. Of a person: Without having found (surety). —a. 1502 Justiciary Rec. (Reg. H.) I 208.
At the ische of the quhilk terme and end of xl dais [sc. imprisonment] the saidis souerteis being unfundin … the saidis Robert … & Mathow be had to the gallows —b.1594 Facs. Nat. MSS. III. lxxv.
A soum of monie … quhilk as yit is on fund be ony man —c.1605 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 45.
He being chargit … to find cautioun that he suld not … ding his wyff in tyme cumming, departit out of the sessioun hous maist proudlie and contemptuouslie, vnfund cautioun
