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: 1520-1592
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Unwitting, vbl. n. [ME and e.m.E. vnwittinge (Wyclif); Wittin(g vbl. n.] a. Ignorance. Only in Nisbet after Purvey. b. Of my unwitting, without my knowledge. Cf. however, Unwit(t)and ppl. adj. 1 a, to which this may properly belong. —a. c1520-c1535 Nisbet Acts iii 17.
I wate that be vnwitting [P. bi vnwityng; L. per ignorantiam] ye did, as alsa your princis —b. 1562-92 Wode's Psalter (ed.) 134.
Jhone Bughen … both set and notit this psalme of my unwitting
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