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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unled, Onled, p.p. and ppl. adj. [e.m.E. unledd (1569), vnled (1615); Lede v.] p.p. a. Of a person: Without having to be led. b. Of crops: Not brought in from the field. c. Of a legal action: Not presented in court, not prosecuted. d. Unled away, not removed. ppl. adj. Not brought forward or produced. —p.p. a. a1568 Bann. MS 144a/21.
Ȝe ma haif me vnled, Suppois it war ane myill and mair with ȝow to spill the lairdis bed —b. 1585 Reg. Privy C. IV 28.
Considering the grite difficultie presentlie to gett oute the labouraris of the ground with carreage, in respect the cornis ar in mony placeis unled or won —c. 1586 Bk. Univ. Kirk 298.
We hold the said proces and sentence as unled, undecydit or pronuncit —d. 1647 Aberd. B. Rec. IV 80.
Suche middings as sall be fund vntransported and led away —ppl. adj. c1640 Tailor's Acc. Bk. B 42.
In the first that raistis of ȝour onled compt quheilk ȝe hawe the coippie of, [£]5
