A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1420-1438, 1500-1599
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Unȝoldin, Wnȝoldyn, Wnyheldyn, ppl. adj. [ME and e.m.E. vn-ȝolde (a1325), vnyolden (Chaucer); Ȝoldin ppl. adj.] a. Unrecompensed. b. Unsurrendered; without surrendering. —a. ?1438 Alex. ii 5238.
For gude dede, gude saw na gude bounte Suld neuer mare vnȝoldin be [F. Encor vous en sera li guerredons rendus]! —b. c1420 Wynt. viii 1764.
Thai thowcht for-thi mare honesté Wnyheldyn [C. Wnȝoldyn, W. Vnȝoldin] to sla thame in melle 15.. Christis Kirk 178 (M).
For hir saik he wes vnȝoldin [Laing MS vnyowden, B. nocht ȝoldin] Sewin myle quhen he wes chaist
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