Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Outdwellar(e, n. Also: outduellar and owt-. [e.m.E. out-dweller (1594); cf. Indwellar n.] One who lives outside the town, a stranger, outsider. 1445 Aberd. B. Rec. MS. IV. 401.
Na vitaile be sald … nothir be fremen na vnfremen induellaris na owtduellaris vnder the payne of tynsaile of the gude 1501 Reg. Privy S. I. 100/1.
To set ony parte of the said fischingis to maisterful men outdwellaris of the said burgh 1515 (c 1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I. 157.
That na straynger or owtdwellare bringand meill to the mercat to sell mak [etc.] 1529 Ib. II. 6.
Out duellaris 1551 Ib. 158. 1570 Inverness Rec. I.189.
And in speciall outdwellaris in na tyme cuming without leiff askit and optenit of the prowest