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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pennorth, -ortht, -ort, -ert, n. [e.m.E. pennerth (1566), also penneard (1617), penne'th (17th c.), shortened f. Penworth n. or Penny-worth n.] = Penny-worth n. —(1) 1565 Inverness Rec. I. 127.
vj pennort weddeis and half dussan caberis 1606 Ib. II. 34.
Of twa pennorth of great salt —(2) 1531 Wigtown B. Ct. 251.
xxxvi s. the tua part pennertis & tyrd part syluer —(3) 1515 Wigtown B. Ct. 46 a.
& all wthir pennortis to be deliuerit be thame —(4) 1531 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 114.
To vesy oukly quhar that fre men makis nocht thair pennorthtis
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