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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Alienar(e, n. Also: alyanar. [From Alien.] An alien or stranger. 1473 Edinb. B. Rec. 27.
Gif thair cumes onie alienare or stranger of the samyn craft, he sall mak ane peis of sufficient wark at the sicht of the maisteris 1481 Acts II. 141/1.
All freindis strangearis and alienaris of vther cuntreis that cumis heir with merchandice 1482 Edinb. B. Rec. 43.
That it sall be lefull to thame to sell … the salt and skynnis abouewritten to alienaris or strangearis 1502 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. 341.
Ale nichbouris … and ale alienaris that brings in ony gret salt within this havin 1513 Doug. vii. i. 165.
To be thi mawch sal cum ane alienar Ib. vii. vi. 69; etc.
Al at thar indwellis alienaris bene 1523 Edinb. B. Rec. 212.
To by fra thame sic prises and gudis in thame as alienaris happenis to bring in in tyme of weir 1531 Acta Conc. MS. XLIII. 108.
The exhorbitant derth [of victual by sale to] alyanaris and specialie to Inglismen