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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: 1499-1500

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Unresty, adj. [ME and e.m.E. vnristy (Rolle), vnresty (Chaucer).] Marked by unrest; troubled, turbulent. —a1500 Lufaris Complaynt 31.
And gif that worthy Chaucere wer on lyve … Myn vnresty turment to discriue, He wald haue put it rather in memore Than ony othir

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