A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Corps-present, variant of Cors-present. —1560 Bk. Disc. 222.
Thir … exactionis to be clene discharged, … as the uppermost claith, the corps-present, the clerk-maill [etc.] 1567 G. Ball. 187.
At corps presence [= presents] thay wald sing 1570 Reg. Episc. Morav. 419.
Payand … yeirlie 460 merkis to the bischop … in consideratioun of the inlaik of corps presentis, pasche fynes, … and utheris profeittis of the said vicarage 1586 Bk. Univ. Kirk II. 660.
Thair benefices being lang syne decayit throw the want of corps presents, vpmost claithes, pasch fynes, offerands, and such lyke things
