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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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UPGIE, v., n. Also upgive. [ʌp′gi]
I. v. 1. To give up; specif. in Sc. Law: to deliver up, convey, surrender, resign.Dmf. 1700 A. Steel Annan (1933) 52:
She Resignes, Renounces, Surrenders and Upgives, to and in favour of the said William Grahame, his aires, and successors, all and haill of the Right, Property or Possessions.Inv. 1762 Inv. Session Rec. (Mitchell 1902) 221:
They, the said Kirk-Session, shall renounce, Discharge, upgive, & deliver the said lands & fishings in their hands to the said George Baillie.Sc. 1809 Scott Letters (Cent. Ed.) II. 148:
I altogether disclaim, deny, upgive, overgive, and deliver any claim, right, or title to share in the £300.Gsw. 1991 James Alex McCash in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 16:
They,
dule and mane, unhairtsome roond the bier,
Lay by
the bride sidelins, in effectuous exile -
Fate's
gude-will atteiched - their saikless
sair-socht
fere,
Chaft-bound,
austere,
Attoure Life's awsome
mere,
Upgien intil a clay-cauld, un-appealable
nicht.
Ppl.adj. upgien, fig. of persons: given up to evil ways, abandoned, incorrigible. In 1905 quot. the form has been confused with Upgaen.Sh. 1905 E.D.D.:
An up-gaen fellow.Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
A up-gi'en ribald.
2. To declare, avow (to someone), to announce, transmit by way of information. Vbl.n. upgiving, declaring, informing.Sc. 1730 W. Forbes Institutes II. 344:
This Assize of Fifteen may be taken out of the List of Forty five given up to the Pannel, tho several Persons therein are dead since the upgiving.Sc. 1795 Outlaw Murray in Child Ballads No. 305 A.lix.:
I freely here upgive with thee, There will never a Murray after thee Have land in Etrick forest frie.
¶II. n. A surrender, repayment. [′ʌpgi]Abd.15 1930:
I wis for giein him back's arles but he wadna hae an upgie.
