Show Search Results Show Browse
A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Retractatoure, adj. [Cf. Retractatioun(e,n., also 17th c. Eng. retractate v. to retract (1611), L. retractātor n. a refuser.] Rescissory. — 1540 Acts II 357/1.
And that the party appeland schawand … the sentence retractatoure lettres be direct to poynd the saidis souirteis
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Retractatoure adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 7 May 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/retractatoure>
