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: 1547-1585, 1675
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(Unwin,) Unwine, -wyn(e, -won, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. unwon, vnwonne (both 1593); Win ppl. adj.] a. Of a fortified placed: Uncaptured (Win ppl. adj. 2). b. Of crops, peats or turf: Not harvested (Win ppl. adj. 4); not cut or dried out (Win ppl. adj. 5 b). —a. 1547 Diurnal of Occurrents 45.
The governour gettand witt therof, … saigit the samyn [sc. Broughty Castle] … and left it vnwyne —b. 1574 Carrick Baillie Ct. 5 Sept.
All cornis, hay, elding wyn & vnwyn, howsis, biggingis & yardis 1585 Reg. Privy C. IV 28.
In respect the cornis ar in mony placeis unled or won 1675 Melrose Reg. Rec. I 404.
[He] ruined ane houss … by theiking of the samen with unwine divotts
