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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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(Wemmyt,) Wenemyt, ppl. adj. [ME wemmed (Wyclif).] Stained, guilty, or perhaps a further example of Venomit ppl. adj. a. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xxviii 697.
God forbed that I With wenemyt [?erron. for wemmyt] handis sla thé in hy
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