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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Spelding, n. Also: speldyng, spelden, spealding. [Spald v. Also in the later dial.] A fish which has been split and dried. Also comb.pl. c1489 Liber Aberbr. II 262.
To be bocht in dry hadokis ande speldingis xii^m 1501 Exch. R. XI 370.
Piscium aridorum dictorum speldingis 1512 Household Bk. Jas. IV 2b.
Coft lx speldingis & dry fisch pryce xii d. 1525 Household Bks. Jas. V 13. 1531 Treas. Acc. V 459.
The furnessing of the schippis … for iiij^m speldingis ix li. 1537–8 (1542) Reg. Great S. 608/1.
Reddend. annuatim … pro Fischarhill 40 sol. pro lie kayn speldingis 1547 Treas. Acc. IX 106.
For ane card of speldinges, put in the said castell, price vj li. 1567 Edinb. Test. I 48.
Foure hundreth dry fishes … aucht hundreth speldingis price of the hundreth ten s. 1598 Household Bks. Jas. VI and Anne 24 May.
Speldyngis 16… Sc. Ant. I 178.
Kell 8 d. speldens 16… Sempill P. 69/63.
There will be partans and buckies, Speldens, and haddocks anew 1694 Foulis Acc. Bk. 166.coll. 1690 Curiosities Charta Chest 67.
For a dusing of spelding 2 s. 10 d.comb. 1665 Old Ross-shire I 152.
For spealding fische 2 s.