A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unwontit, -ed, Wnwontit, Onvontit, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. vnwonted (1553); Wont ppl. adj.] Unusual; unprecedented. —(a) 1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 71.
Quhat in the meane tyme dois the quenis greit cairfulnes? quhat menis hir unwontit resort? a1578 Pitsc. I 132/29.
The nobillis of Ingland takis na wnwontit nor new porpois now in hand 1596 Dalr. I 199/15.
For the ouer vnwonted and strange deiling of the Romanes with the Pechtes … that the hard seruitude of the Pechtes was occasione to restore the Scottis —(b) c1550-c1580 Art of Music 34b.
So suthlye the rewlis musicall beand turnit, the noitis be ane onvontit way ar disponit
