A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unprisit, Wnprisit, p.p. [19th c. Eng. unpriced (1857); Pris(e v.1 1.] Without a price or rate being fixed. —1445 Aberd. B. Rec. I 14.
That thai sell na flesche vnprisit … vnder the payne of tynsal of the flesche 1523 Selkirk B. Ct. MS 101b.
Samekel as cane be prewet upone him tayne of the tenement of wmquhill Gillelok Wychtman as for pament of his annuel becaus it was tane wnprisit [ed. p. 69, unprisit] 1553 Elgin Rec. I 121.
That nayne [sc. sheep] be sauld vnprisit
