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Telit, Teil(l)it, Teild, Tillid, ppl. adj. Also: telyt, tilet, (tyd). [Tele v.] Of land: Cultivated, arable, ploughed. Once in contrast with Delvit ppl. adj. dug with a spade.(1) 1481 Douglas Bequest 17 May.
All the telyt land ennowcht the dykis strekand to the toun of Torry 1511–12 Wemyss Chart. 139.
Betuix Clarkis Ward and the Lord Synclaris telit land 1536–7 Sc. Hist. Rev. VII 358.
Landis … reducit furth of … forrest to telit landis 1546 Reg. Great S. 10/2.
Terris aratis vulgariter telitland 1591–2 Prot. Bk. J. Inglis 6 Mar.
New telit land … quhilk land vas neuir telit of before(b) 1388–9 MacRae Early Sc. Texts No. 2.
On the est syde of the teild landis 1502 Orkney Rentals i 13.
j ½ d. terre teild to the grange 1532 Dunferm. Reg. Ct. 68.
Ane akyr of teillit land 1537 Dunferm. Reg. Ct. 147.
The teild land 1560 (1585) Reg. Great S. 281/2.
Cum communi pastura … (demptis lie teillit riggis) 1576–7 (1577) Reg. Great S. 753/2.
A teilit fure of manurit land a1595 Descr. Isles 435.
Thay … takis it that thai cast out of the fowssie and guidis the teillit earth thairwith a1595 Descr. Isles MS 29.
Tierhie … was callit in auld tymes M^cConneills girnell; for it is all teillit land 1615 Aberd. B. Rec. II 325.
The teillit land of Caprastoun 1682 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS 22 April.
The said teild meidou(c) 1565 Bamff Chart. 99.
The tillid rigg of the Kirklabank 1596 Dalr. I 123/14.
A swyne … with the gruntle casting vp the tilet ground(d) a1400 Leg. S. xxvii 985.
He for faut of weile tyd land, Gert teile a mekill feild of land(2) ?1549 Monro W. Isles (1961) 86.
This south part … is verie fertile … and tways mair of delvit nor of teillit land in it