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unˈbigged, ppl. a. Also Sc. 5–6 vnbiggit. [un-1 8. Cf. ON. and Icel. ú-, óbygðr (Norw. ubygd, older Da. ubygget, ubygt, Sw. obyggd).] a. Uninhabited. b. Unbuilt. c. Not built upon.
c1200Ormin 3199 He..flæh himm inntill wesste land Þær itt wass all unnbiggedd. 1496Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. I. 270 For tymmir and diuers odir expens maid apone the bigging of the harnes mill, quhilk ȝit is vnbiggit. 1555Sc. Acts, Mary (1814) II. 490/1 Gif the awnaris lattis the ground to be vnbiggit. 1597Skene De Verb. Sign. s.v. Annuell, Quhen the ground and propertie of onie land bigged or vnbigged, is disponed and annalied. a1795Bonnie James Campbell iv. in Child Ballads IV. (1890) 143/2 My house is unbigged,..My corn's unshorn. |