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Wedset(t, Wodset(t, Wadset(t, v. Also: wedsete, vedset, vodset, -sit. P.t. wedsett, wodset(t, vodset, wodset(t)ed. P.p. wedset(t, -sette, wedeset, vedset, wodset(t, vodsett, woodset, wadset(t, waidset. [ME wed-sette (Manning), wedde-sette (c1440, north.); Wed n. and Set v.] tr.To put in pledge (a possession, chiefly land), to pawn. Also absol. and fig.pres. 1394 Argyll Cart.
Gif I ethir sel or wedsete … ony of the forsaid landis 14.. Acts I 28/2.
The man sall ioys the borowage all his lyf tyme bot he may nocht wedsett na sell it 14.. Acts I 43/2.
It behufis hym or hyr thruch poverte thair borowage to sell or to wedset or to ferme lat 1443–4 Cart. S. Giles 70.
We oblise ws … that we … sal noght wedset, giff, sel na analy … the said land 1456 Hay I 232/22.
For the fader has the sone in his powar, and may sell him or wedsett him at his lyking quhen him nedis 1480 Douglas Chart. 112.
That he sal nocht analy, vedset, or put away the castell and chemis of Auchlek … fra his sone 1541–2 Grey Friars II 39.
The wardane … had na power to wedsett nor analy na geir 1572 Sat. P. xxxii 54.
All our gay garmentis … We thame wedset, our bodyis to susteneabsol. 1496 Acta Conc. II 23.
The perell … that he micht … annalye wedset or mak lang takkis or disposicions quhilk micht be prejudicial to him in his heretage(b) 1491 Ayr Friars Pr. Chart. 62.
To sel analy gefe or wadset ony maner of annuellrent out of the said half croft til ony persone ?1565 Rec. Earld. Orkney 281.
Me to have wadset and in pand layid, and be the tennor of this present lettir wadsettis and in paund layis, ij mark land 1663 Haigs of Bemersyde 276.
Making Alexr. Chiesly ane power to be factor, whilk carries in its bosom that he may wadset, yea, dispone his estate to whom he pleases(c) 1519 Selkirk B. Ct. MS 71b.
Johne Sandersone … wodsettis and analit to James Brydene thre rigis of land a1526 Reg. Panmure I xxviii.
The landis … the quhilkis he did ather sel or vodset 1531–2 Prot. Bk. J. Brydin No. 158.
To sell, vodsit, bartour or saw into menes ouchter all or ane part of … thair maillings a1586 Maitland Ho. Seytoun 35.
The haldin of the said schip and men of weir wes sa costlie to him, that he was compellit to wodset … the toun … and milne of Wincheburgh 1688 Marischal Coll. Rec. I 339.
Power to sell wodsett pawne or burthen the saids landsp.t. a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 443 (M).
Thow drank thy thrift sald and wedsett thy clais(b) 1530–1 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 110.
That he sauld or vodset the saidis airschippis or landis to thaim a1570-86 Maitl. F. 67/58.
Scho sayis and the laird hald men That he will wodset land Quhilk waistit is be hir wemen Mahown ressaue that band 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 57.
I bocht ane portione of land thair, for the which I wodsett landis at Linlythgow 1696 Burnett Fam. P.
Thomas Burnet … sold woodset, impignorat & disponed to the said Sir George Nicolsone … these two pleughs of … Sauchine(c) 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 119.
William … wodseted the lands of Daltulich 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 128.
Wodsettedp.p. 1393–4 Wadset in Argyll Mun. 13 Jan.
Til haf wedsett and gifwyn in wedsettyng al my said landis of Hvywile ?1438 Alex. i 2521.
Was nane of thame that wald that day, Haue sauld nor wedset his arming 1418–19 Liber Melros 502.
He has laide in wed and wedset with full and playne possessioun gyfen … all the landis tenementis and byggynnis [etc.] 1419 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 299.
Wedsette 14.. Acts I 37/2.
Of lande that is wedset wythin burgh [L. de terra in vadio posita] Gif ony man has lande laid in wed [etc.] 1428 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III 271.
Lands … the quhilks are vedset to me for [etc.] 14.. Reg. Maj. c. 112.
Giff that ony thing be wedset til a certane tym & it be accordyt betwene the creditour & the dettour 1431 Reg. Great S. 43/2.
Til haf wedeset and in pawnd layde … my landdis 1457 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III 136.
Qhwil certaine landis be qvyt out and redemyt qwhilk are wedset be the sayde Androw 1482–3 Acta Conc. II cxxvi.
Because the said evidentis of fee and heretage war nocht schewin … bot alanerly a charter of resignatioun … the Lordis herefor decretis … that the said landis … war wedset to the said Johne … and na fee and heretage 1533 Boece 482b.
Robert Duke of Northmandie … had wedsett all the landis of his duchrie 1538–9 (c1580) Edinb. B. Rec. II 93.
That thair north volt of the Netherbow be wedset to James Bassanden and his spous vpoun ane reuersioun(b) 1474 3rd Rep. Hist. MSS App. 390/1.
In the event of the lands of Strathtire … being wadset by the granters 1530 Orkney & Shetl. Rec. I 256.
Me, Thome Omond, grantis with hand and handband to have wadset ane mark land lyand in Kirkbuster 1574 Orkney & Shetl. Rec. I 268.
Waidset 1595 Wemyss of Bogie MSS.
Wadsett 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. i xxiv 4 (1699) 122.
The wadsetter runs all hazard of the lands wadset to him(c) 1526 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 80.
Jhone Achesone [alleged] … the meir tayne fra hyme wranguslye, nother sauld, lent no wodset 1531 Renfrew Arch. Coll. I 150.
Wodsett 1555 Acts II 491/1.
The thrid part of the sowme vpone the quhilk the annuell is wodset 1582 Reg. Privy C. III 521.
For the reparatioun of the same … thay have wodsett and spendit thair … commoun gude 1585 Acts III 398/1.
Vodsett 1586 Perth B. Ct. 28 Sept.
For redemptioun of ane annuell rent of xl s. vodsett be them to him 1610 Dysart Rec. 55.
The hundret merks left be umqhile James Robertsone … to be woodset for yeirlie profit to the use of the puir 1665 Melrose Reg. Rec. II 122.
2 aikers wodset to him for yearlie pay of a henfig. a1561 Norvell Meroure 8b.
Take head … How thy owne selfe, hathe thé wedsett and solde 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 378.
Ye should sell, wadset, and forfeit your few years' portion of this life's joys 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 395.
Oh that I had anything … to wadset or lay in pledge, to redeem and buy such glory! a1658 Durham Comm. Rev. 290.
Even these … are before this redemption someway morgaged, or, as we use to say, wodset