A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Untrowit, -trou'd, Wntrowed, p.p. and ppl. adj. [Late ME untrowed (1432), vntrowyd (1434); Trow v.] p.p. Disbelieved. ppl. adj. Deceitful, misleading. —p.p. a1605 Montg. Flyt. 372 (T).
Vntrowit [H. Wntrowed] be thy tounge, ȝit tratling all tymes —ppl. adj. 1611-57 Mure Sonn. x 11.
A persecuter proud … Quhose … tounge vntrou'd Hath oft intrappit many a wanton wench
