A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1549
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(Unutile,) Wnwtyle, Onutil, adj. [e.m.E. vnutyle (1541).] Useless. = Inutile adj. —(a) c1420 Wynt. ii 700 (C).
Thai that duelt in to that ile Wnhonest was and wnwtyle [R. inutyle] —(b) 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 28/10.
The file that filit the yrne is vorne ande cassin auaye as ane thing onutil to serue to do ony gude verk
