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: 1569-1576
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Unoffending, pres. p. [e.m.E. unoffending ppl. adj. (a1600); Offend v.] a. intr. Not offending (aganis) or breaching (laws). b. tr. Not injuring or wronging (a person). —a. 1569 Reg. Privy C. I 668.
I … sall keip gude rewle and quietnes unoffending aganis the lawis or makand troubill —b. 1575–6 Reg. Privy C. II 492.
The said Johnne sall … keip gude ordour in the cuntre, unoffending ony of his majesteis subjectis
