A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1446-1447, 1569-1586
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Unlatit, Onlatit, ppl. adj. and p.p. [e.m.E. unletted (a1500); Lat v.2] a. ppl. adj. Uninhibited, unrestrained. b. p.p. Unhindered. —a. ppl. adj. a1447 Bower Chron. II 376.
The unlatit woman the licht man will lait, Gangis coitand in the curt, hornit like a gait —b. p.p. a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS 358/86.
Ouir oft to hwnd, in vncouthe grund Thow may tak vp onlatit [B. vnbaittit]
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