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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Inquyte, inquytt, v; also vbl. n. inquyting. tr. To redeem; redeeming. [Quite v.] 1541
Aberd. B. Rec. MS. XVII. (Jam.).
To … requyre him to inborrow and inquyte ane ring of gold quhilk he laid in wed Ib.
The redemptioun and inquyting of the land
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