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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unburyit, -bereit, -buried, ppl. adj. Also: unburiit, -bureyit, -buryed, -buriet, -beryit, onberyit, -eit, -buried, wnbwriet. [ME and e.m.E. unburied (Ancr. R.), vnburyed (Chaucer), onburied (1460); Beryit ppl. adj.] Unburied.attrib. 1600-1610 Melvill 294.
The unburied corps, lyand in the kirk of Leithe, maid to be nocht onlie unburied amangs the peiple, but [etc.]predic. 1546 Lynd. Trag. Card. 267.
I laye vnburyit sewin monethtis and more 1596 Dalr. I 122/23.
Burie thy companioune or friend perchance slane in the battel; thy ennimie lat ly vnburiit 1600 Reg. Privy C. VI 145.
Unbureyit 1603 Shetland Sheriff Ct. (ed.) 73.
Wnbwriet [pr. unburiet] 1611-57 Mure Dido & Æneas i 391.
Vnburyed(b) 1513 Doug. vi v 69.
Quha ar onbereit [Sm. vnbereit, Ruddim. vnberyit] ane hundreth ȝer mon bide, Waverand and wandrand by this bankis syde 1513 Doug. xi vii 191.
So that we … Be not doun strowit in the feildis ded, In cumpaneis onberyit or bewalyt a1578 Pitsc. II 305/15.
Maitland … vas keipit onburied in the stipill of Leith besyde the knock