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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Umbeset, n. [Umbeset v.] In Orkney: A piece of wasteland enclosed and taken into cultivation. ‘Quoyland was originally a patch enclosed from the moor and cultivated … If the quoy was near the tun, it was sometimes called an umbeset, an outlying homestead, an outset or an outbrek.' Sc. Ant. XVIII 256. — 1503 Orkney Rentals i 31.
iii d. terre as heirefter followis callit the vmbesettis 1503 Orkney Rentals i 31.
The four vmbesettis with ther pertinentis is iij d. terre of the bulland … nammit … Glasbrek, Garsent [etc.] ?1508 Orkney Rentals i 84.
The bull of Ropnes with the partis & umbesettis viz. Quhitclet how & … ix d. terre Bordland quhilk payis na scat