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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bond(e)lesoure, Bon(e)lesew, n. Also: boyndlesew. [Bond n.1, Bone n.1 2; Lesour, Lesow.] ? Pasturage connected with bond- or boon-service.1457 Exch. R. VI. 371.
Per integras firmas … unius le hammillot et unius le bondlesoure in warda de Tweda 1458 Ib. 443.
Unius bondelesoure 1471 Ib. VIII. 47.
De firmis unius bonlesew in Caldanehede 1482 Ib. IX. 186.
Per integras firmas … unius boyndlesew 1485 Ib. IX. 317.
De firmis … unius bonelesew

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