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: 1588-1616, 1675-1686
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(Unquerellit,) Unquarrel(l)it, -quarrel'd, -qwarrelld, Onquarrallit, p.p. and ppl. adj. [17th c. Eng. unquarrelled (1606); Querel(l v., Querellit ppl. adj.] Unchallenged, undisputed. —p.p. 1607 Melvill 738.
That … the said discipline … be reput and holdin wyse … and stand unquarrelit quhill they be lawfullie and orderly hard 1616 Melrose P. 269.
Thir assignationis … being yitt in force, vnquarrellit or dischargeit by ony subsequent parliament ?c1675 J. Gordon Hist. III 88.
All these abuses, at that tyme, wer either unqwarrelld or not punishd —(b) 1588 Burntisland B. Ct. 31 May.
Efter his deceas the said Agnes Logane possessit the saminge [sc. lands] … onquarrallit and standand wnreducit —ppl. adj. 1686 Mackenzie Observ. (1687) 114.
For in the common law, and ours, an unquarrel'd cohabitation is a valid probation of the marriage
