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: 1499-1515, 1581-1594, 1675
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Ungry, Ungar, n. Possess. Ungaris, Ungres. [17th c. Eng. Hungary (1698), med. L. Ungari, Ungri, Germ. Ungarn.] Hungary. Also b. Ungaris (Ungres) ducat, = Hungre(i)s d(o)ucat(t n., Ongris ducat Ongr(i)s adj. —(a) a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 2380.
This ryng was neuer maid in Vngry —(b) 1594 Crawford Mun. Invent. II 207 (see Ungar n.).
Vngar —b. 1515 Yester Wr. 119.
The Ungres ducet and Spanȝe ducet for 19 sh. 1581 Edinburgh Testaments IX 278b.
Nyne Vngaris ducattis at xlv s. the pece 1675 Hist. Carnegies 358.
Twa Vngaris dewcattis, estimat baith to ix lib. vj s. viij d.
