A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Maletout, Mal(a)touta, Maletort. (AF. maletoute, OF. maltolte (mod. F. maltôte), med. L. mala tolta (mala fem. evil, tolta tax, levy): the name of some custom duty or great custom. In the form in -tort there is confusion with OF. tort wrong. Cf. also Mautoll.) —1315 Facs. Nat. MSS. II. 15.
Salua nobis custuma que dicitur malatouta 1316 Blackfriars Perth 9.
Maltouta 1328 (1512) Reg. Great S. 805/2.
Liberi … ab omnibus custumis … nova custuma regis que dicitur maletort excepta 14.. Acts I. 317/1.
Si quis vendiderit aliquas grossas mercandisas maletout et paruam custumam domini regis ab ipso et custumarijs suis auferendo
