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Out-takin, Outakin, p.p., prep. and conj. Also: out-taky(i)n; outakine, outakyn(e, outaken, owtakyn. [ME. out-takyn (Rolle), takin, -taken, oute-taken (c 1400), outaken (a 1350), -yn, e.m.E. outtaken (appar. not after Palsgrave, 1530), p.p. of Out-tak v. passing into prep. and conj.Like Out-tane etc., found only in early texts.]

Excepted; except; besides, as well as; except (that). = Out-tane.(1) 1381 Douglas Chart. 30.
Owr awin kynde men born vtuthe hir forsaid thrid anyrly ovtakyn(2) 1408 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 175.
[Twenty] markis worth of lande within his landis of Glencharny, outtakyin his chemys and his demayne 14.. Acts I. 86*/2.
Outtakin c1500 Barounis Lawis 15 b.
Thai may be borrowit be thar lordis to ane lauchfull day and steid … outtakin sic causis done to the king c1520-c1535 Nisbet Acts viii. 1.
And almen war scatterit be the cuntreis of Judee and Samarie, out takin the apostilis(b) 1375 Barb. iii. 614.
That owtakyn our armyng We kast our thing all in the se Ib. xiii. 482.
Outaken him, men has nocht seyn Quhar he for ony man maid menyng Ib. xv. 299.
Outaken Iohne of Lorne alane Ib. v. 397, xviii. 275 [see Out-tane B i (c)]. Ib. x. 733; etc.
Outakyne 1392 Lennox Mun. 46.
The sayde Erill sal discharge the saydis William and Issabel … of al manerof seruys … outakyn manredyn or fewte 14.. Acts I. 22/2.(3) a1400 Leg. S. xxxiii. 867.
[St. George] Fourty thousand wane to the fay Outakine wemen & ȝung fry(4) 1375 Barb. vi. 407 [see Out-tane C (1)]. a1400 Leg. S. xxix. 1004.
Bot fresch as euir thai ware, Outakine that thai ware al ded

b. conj. And besides, and in addition. 1375 Barb. xi. 232 (E).
The erle of Murreff … come alsua then … In to gud cowyne for to fycht … Owtakyn thar mony barownys And knychtis … Come with thar men