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: 1554-1586
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Unmendit, Onmendit, Unmendin, p.p. [18th c. Eng. unmended (1775); Mend v.] a. Unrepaired. b. Not rectified or remedied. —a. 1554 Duncan Laideus Test. 166.
Thir sevin yearis the queir will ly vnmendin —b. a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS 430/36.
Giff this mater onmendit [Maitl. Q. vnmendit] be oursein The leges can na gryttar skayth sustein
