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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Disheris, Dishereis, v. Also: dys-, disherys, disherish; disheireis, -heres; disereis, -aris, deserys. [A back-formation from Disherisoun.] tr. To dispossess of an inheritance or property; to disinherit.(a) 1375 Barb. ii. 101.
Ȝe se How Inglis men, throw thar powste, Dysherysys me off my land Ib. 107.
All Inglis men … wald disherys hym blythly ?1438 Alex. i. 2772.
Mair sory Than man that war … Dampned, or disherist, aganes richt Ib. ii. 2953.
Ald Clarus, That wald disheris thé and vs 1444 Melville Chart. 28.
At the said Ion mak sowar that he sall nocht disheris his sisteris 1456 Hay I. 189/6.
To conquest land and heritagis fra Cristin folk, … to mak thame pure and disheris thame c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxvi. 39.
The sone disheris wald the father, And as ane dyuour wald him demane 1531 Bell. Boece II. 259.
The Thane of Cawder wes disherist and forfaltit of his landis, for … lese majeste 1558 Deeds (Reg. H.) III. 40.
Willand that the said Duncane be nocht alluterlie disherisit of his heritage 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 69.
He and his heires sall be perpetuallie disherissed of all the lands, quhilk he haldes of that over-lord 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. i. xii. § 2.
The party appealed, being worsted, was disherished(b) 1481 Antiq. Aberd. & B. II. 331.
The sade Williame is bundin … neuer to disheres forther than is forsaide bot for urgent necessitie 1535 Stewart 9452.
How the Romanis … Had … him disheireist of his landis all Ib. 59349.
And so tha maid … King Charlis sone dishereist for to be 1541 Lennox Mun. 243.
Tending thairthrow … for null defence, to dishereis him of his auld heritage wranguuslie 1567 G. Ball. 180.
The bischop of Hely brak his neck, Dishereist of his benefice 1583 Reg. Privy C. III. 597.
To defraud and dishereis his said sone of that leving quhilk he … sould succeid unto 1591 Ib. IV. 617.
To dishereis him in effect of that leving quhairunto … he is to succeid c 1615 Maxwell Mem. 323.
Onlie the air maill that God appoyntis, and na man overloppin, nor dishereist, nor wrangit 1622-6 Bisset I. 58/6.
The sone … sall be disheresit eftir, gif his father be fund cryminall(c) 1472 Edinb. Chart. 135.
That … thare ayeris be deseryset for alwais of the fredome of the said Burgh 1478 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 339.
Forsamekill as … [he] schappis him … to annale and disaris … his son 16.. Hist. Kennedy 6.
It was feiritt that he suld haue disereist his broder sone