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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1586-1620
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Ground-leif, n. Also: -leife, -lief, -leve. [Ground n., Lefe n. App. not recorded as an English use.] = Grund-leiff n. 1.1586 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs I. 213.
Ane boitt … of ten lastis payitt alanerlie sax pundis for customes, … ground lief and all vther dewties 1591 Edinburgh Testaments XXII. 346 b.
Item mair send thairin [the ship] of siluer … , as ground leif thair, the sowme of xx lib. 1604 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs II. 191.
Exacting ane dewty of foure punde of ilk last thairof [of herring] for ground leife 1620 Reg. Great S. 782/2.
Cum potestate levandi … lie schoir-silver, dock-maill et ground-leve
