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Untailȝeit, -tailliit, Wntaillȝied, ppl. adj. and p.p. [Late ME ontayled (1461); Tailȝeit ppl. adj.] Unentailed. —ppl. adj. 1454 Douglas Chart. 384.
Ten poundis worth … of vntailȝeit landis —p.p. c1560 Acts & Decr. in Lynd. IV 275.
With all and sindre his landis [etc.] … , rentis vntailliit afore his deceis a1578 Pitsc. I 47/9.
The landis that was wntaillȝied fell in herietage to ane sister of the said Willieames forsaid
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