A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1558-1665
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Agrement, Aggrement, n. Also: aggriement; agr-, aggreament. [ME. agrement (c 1400), aggrement, OF. agrement, agreement.] The action or fact of agreeing; the state of being in accord; agreement, concord.1558-66 Knox II. 324 (aggrement). a1578 Pitsc. I. 38/22 (to the aggrement of the present discoird); 191/11 (H. made ane aggriement that … ). 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 17 b (with consent and agreament of the parties); 18 (the paction and aggreament). 1632 Peebles B. Rec. 418 (at aggriement with the sklaiter). 1665 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs III. 578 (ane freindlie aggriement).
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