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: 1475-1533
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Unrebutit, -raboytit, Onrebutit, p.p. and ppl. adj. [19th c. Eng. unrebutted (1884) not disproved or refuted; Rebut(e v.] Not repulsed or driven back. —p.p. c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace iii 131.
Vnraboytyt the Sothroun was in wer And fast thai come fell awfull in affer 1533 Boece 422b.
The noblis … fechting vnrebutit in the myddilwarde —ppl. adj. 1513 Doug. ix xiii 49.
And twys also that onrebutit [Ruddim. vnrebutit] knycht Endlang the wallys put thame to the flycht
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