A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Unlevenit,) Unlewend, -leanit, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. vnleuended (1530), vnlevened (c1550), vnleavened (1594); Levenit ppl. adj.] Unleavened. —1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 110b.
Ane gift or sacrifice maid of clene floure and vnleanit breid c1590 J. Stewart 248 §195.
The day cam of vnlewend breed Quhan He in tym of His last supper syn Did institute the sacrament deuyn
