A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1513-1561
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Inunct, v. and p.p. Also: inwnct. [L. inunct-, ppl. stem of inungere.] tr. To anoint; p.p. anointed. — 1513 Doug. vi. iii. 121.
The cald ded corps is weschin and inunct 1513 Ib. ix. xii. 106.
To graith and till inunct [R. inoynt] a castyng dart 1513 Ib. x. iii. 47.
Thar myght men thé se, Invnctand venemus schaftis the ilk tyde a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. fol. 8 b.
Our saluioure beand inwnctit be Marye Magdalene
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