A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Unred,) Unredd, -reid, Wnred, Onreidit, p.p.2 and ppl. adj. [Red v.2, Rede v.2] a. p.p. and ppl. adj. Of land: Not cleared of growth in order to be ready for sowing. b. p.p. Of land or boundaries: Not demarcated, fixed or verified by perambulation. = Unridden p.p. Also in fig. context. —a. p.p. 1551 Prot. Bk. R. Lumsdane 17a.
The land … that is on sawin als waill that is reiditt as on reidit to be sawin be the said Thomas —ppl. adj., ellipt. 1527–8 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 92.
Scho … sall have the tane part of the reid land and unreid throue all the feldis. And na seid to be sauin [etc.] —b. 1528 Cal. Charters Suppl. (see Unmarchyt p.p.).
Wnred —fig. 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 260.
Except Christ come unsent for I dow not go to seek Him … and so marches lie still unredd, and accounts uncleared betwixt us
