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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1520-1535
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Unwrast, adj. [ME unwreaste (a1175), vnwreste (c1200), unwræst (Layamon), unwrast (14th c.), OE unwrǽst, -wrést.] Wicked. — c1520-c1535 Nisbet III 349.
He … schawis how menn augtht to behaue thaim towart sick as be vnwrast
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