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: 1533-1590
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Unrelevit, -lived, Wnreleifit, p.p. [e.m.E. vnrelieved (1599); Relev(e v.1] a. Not officially released from restraint; unpardoned. b. Not released from (of) (an obligation). c. Not granted relief from (of) (suffering). —a. 1569 Reg. Privy C. II 22.
The saidis personis hes … brokin the said ward and past furth of the samyn unrelevit be our Soverane Lord and the said Regent 1581 Mill Mediæval Plays 279.
All the rest to be putt in ward theirin to remaine wnreleifit quhill euerie ane off thame haif payit xx s. —b. 1533 Bell. Livy II 189/1.
The senate … wald nocht suffir him to be ony langare frustrate nor vnrelevit of the vote be him made to Apollo —c. c1590 Fowler I 278/100.
How long sal I crye yet onhard and vnreliued of woe?
