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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unwedset, -wadset(t, p.p. and ppl. adj. [Wedset(t v.] Not put in pledge. —p.p. 1480 Acta Conc. I 70/2.
Land … vnset for termes or formale & vnwedset c1630 Hope Minor Practicks (1726) 70.
A consolidation of the property which was wadset with the superiority, which remained in his person unwadset and undisponed 1569 Rec. Earld. Orkney 128.
Off the said half quhilk is unwadsett or analleit, bot set in fewis —ppl. adj. 1502 Acta Conc. MS XI 157b.
The sade Georg sal haue of the vnwadset landis the maile of twa ȝeris
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