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: 1595-1628, 1685
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Untedderit, -tedered, -tathered, p.p. [18th c. Eng. untethered (1775); Tedder v.] Not restrained by a tether. Also proverb. —1595 Paisley B. Rec. 162.
The haill hors sal be tedderit … and gif ony beis fundin untedderit or wantand keipars, that hors or beist to be pundit 1598 Paisley B. Rec. 213.
Na hors be sufferit to be upon the Gallowgrein untedderit or without ane keipar 1685 Peebles B. Rec. II 116.
Ane merk to be payed by ilk persone that sall be found to have weak horse or nolt … without a herd or untathered —proverb. a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 1146.
Manie fat kw untedered
