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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unscathand, -skathand, pres. p. [Scath(e v.] a. tr. Not, or without, harming (others). b. absol. or intr. Without ill effects. —a. 1437 Reg. Dunferm. 285.
Both the partis … sel kepe the wateris lauchfully, unskathand vthir
b. 1456 Hay II 131/17.
[In autumn] suld men tak gude tent that thai ete nathing that engenderis malancoly … bot ȝit may thai thre tymes tak mare unscathand na in the hete of somer sesone

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