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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Per(e, Peir, Peyr, v.2 [Late ME. pere (c 1450), e.m.E. pear(e (1568), peere (1599), aphetic f. Appere v. 1.] intr. a. To come into sight, appear. = Appere v. 1. b. To appear before a court. = Appere v. 1 b.a. a1400 Leg. S. ii. 1059.
Till ȝou one the day can pere … A gret pillere
Ib. xxx. 440.
God … Gert til hyme ane angele pere
c1475 Wall. xi. 499.
Thus still thai baid quhill day began to peyr
Ib. vi. 544.
Per
Ib. xi. 438.
Sternys wp peyr began in to thair sycht
b. 1456 Peebles B. Rec. I. 114.
The said Wil callit thrys and perit noch
a1568 Bann. MS. I. p. 45/21.
The rankest theif of this regioun Dar pertly peir vnto the sessioun
1661 Rothesay Par. Rec. 52.
John Cernegem Elespet NcKaw both in thes peres for the first tym

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