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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Leper man, n. Also: lepir, lepar. [North. ME. lepreman (1429), Leper a. Cf. Lipper-man.] A leper. 14.. Acts I. 328/2.
Gif ony wylde best be fundyn dede … the flesch … aw to be send to the hous of the lepir men gif thar be ony sic ner by in the cuntrie 1450 Ayr B. Ct. 13 April.
That na leper men na woman entercomoun but a cop to a takinn 1494 Acta Aud. 185/2.
To gif owr the tak of the landis of Spittale land to the toun of Dumbartane quhat tyme thai wald get a discharge of the lepir man of quham he haid the said tak c1520-c1535 Nisbet Matth. x. 8.
Raise the deidmen, clenge the lepirmen 1535 Acta Conc. Public Aff. 443.
The said hospitale was infeft and foundit for lepir men; … the said Johnne was na lepir man 1638 Henderson Serm. 222.
A leper man's house