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: 1450, 1524-1529
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(Unrationabill,) Unracionabill, -raconable, -ressionabill, adj. [Rationabill adj.] a. Of animals: That lack the faculty of reason. = Unresounabill adj. 3. b. Of language: Unreasonable, immoderate. Cf. Unresounabill adj. 1, 2. —a. c1450 Craft of Deyng (STS) 184.
And sic folkis suld erar be callyt bestis vnraconable than man rasonable —b. 1524 Carnwath Baron Ct. (SHS) 31.
My lord folois Ville Vatson for injuris & unressionabill langage the inqueist puttis him in my l[ordis] vill of unracionabill langage & my l[ordis] to punis him as he thinkis metest 1529 Carnwath Baron Ct. (SHS) 108.
The said Mychell callit the said Alan mensuorne & the said Mychell is in mersement of this court for his unracionabill langage
