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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lent, ppl. a. Also: lenth, lenned. [p.p. of Len v.] Lent, loaned; sometimes = ‘borrowed’. Common with silver or money.(1) 1473–4 Treas. Acc. I. 66.
Pait to Dauid Quhite for lent siluer that he lent to him in Bruges … iiij li. 1478 Acta Conc. I. 17/2. 1496 Ib. II. 17, etc. 1508–9 Prestwick B. Rec. 41.
He was auand to hym … vj s. ix d. part of lent siluer and part for breid & aill 1522 Selkirk B. Ct. fol. 92 a.
[He] grantis him awand [£6, 8s.] … in clene deit be lent mony 1555 Prot. Bk. D. Gray MS. 5 b. 1565 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 51.
To Alexander Guthre in part payment of his lenth money xl li. 1572 Canongate Ct. Bk. 370.
Lent silver 1581 Acts III. 281/2.
Becaus the said sowme wes lent money … ordinis letteris of horning … gif neid be 1603 Shetland Sheriff Ct. (ed.) 93. 1622-6 Bisset II. 255/15.
I have guid actioun aganist the schip for repititioun of my lenned geir or money a1670 Scot Staggering State (1754) 97.
No lent money in the kingdom was free from payment of that two in the hundred 1670 Melrose Reg. Rec. II. 262.
[Absolves John Patone … from action for 3 l. 12 s.] for draff and lent money(2) 1604-31 Craig v. 5.
Pale ladie Lvna, with her lent light