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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Assonȝe, n. Also: assonȝhe, assonye, assoinȝe. [Var. of Essonȝe n., corresp. to early ME. assoyne, asoyne.] Excuse. a1400 Leg. S. vi. 52.
That al that euire vare in the tovne … Suld but assonȝe cum to that feste 14.. Acts I. 389/2.
Gif four sisteris be mot wyth a bref of richt, may ilkane haiff assonȝhe of mawdelyt and ilkane of langour 1447 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 197.
Oure wil is … that thir oure letres sene but obstacle assonye or delay … yhe deliuer the said hous 1474 Edinb. B. Rec. 29.
Quha that … absentis hym … withoutin leif or a reasonable assonye he sal paye … a half pund of wax 1561 St. A. Kirk S. 124.
At the said daye hyr assonȝe of aige and infirmite [she] produced befoyr us 1564 Peebles B. Rec. 297.
That na persoun ly out … wythout thay haif ane lauhfull assonye 1598 Crim. Trials II. 42.
Admitting na assoinȝeis for the non comperance of parteis summond to vnderly the law