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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1544-1568
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Land-ferme, n. [Ferme n. 2.] Rent for land; also put for, land valued at the rent specified. —1544 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 21.
Summa off land ferme … xviii scoir and xvi bollis of wittal —1558–9 Glasgow Dioc. Reg. I. 172.
Licence gevin to Agnes Wyll to brwk and jois vj s. viij d. land ferme in the west sid of Partik 1568 Ib. 187.
[He] is rentaillit … in vj s. viij d. land ferme
