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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Other-, Utherwyse, adv. Also: othir(e)-, -yr-, -ere, uthir-, hother- and -wise, -wys(s, -wysse, -wyis(e, -wyes(e, -vyis, -wes. [ME. oþer-, other-wise, -wyse, ootherwise (14–15th c.), e.m.E. otherwise, -wyse, late OE. óðre wísan, OE. on óðre wísan. Cf. also Oderwis(e.] Otherwise. = Otherwayis, in various senses.(1) a1400 Leg. S. xxi. 763.
That he Auch exylyt or dede be, Ore othire-wyse punyst sare c 1560 Sc. Hist. Review XXI. 142–3.
Als wele as uther wyse 1577 Fam. Innes 133.
Sic landis as hes bene annaliit … be conquest or otheruyis howsaevir 1587 Conv. Burghs I. 271.
Vtherwyis 1622-6 Bisset II. 273/18.
Utherwyise(2) c1515 Asl. MS. I. 254/3.
Vtherwys 1570 Leslie 264.
The fianzeillis, utherwyis callit the hand fastinge 1636 Stirling B. Rec. I. 176.
The layddell dewtie of … Sterling … utherwyse callit the geat dychtyngis(3) 1596 Dalr. I. 4/23.
Vthirwyse … in sum places it is langre in sum places schorter 1622-6 Bisset II. 389/4.
He gat his awin deserved rewaird uthirwyse unluiked for(4) c1475 Wall. iii. 138.
Bot othyr wys it hapnyt in that tide 1558-66 Knox II. 355.
But all thingis turned otherwyese then the moste part of men supposed c1590 Fowler II. 177/33.
Seing … the craftsmen apt for the same otherwyse and necessarlye busyed 1596 Dalr. I. 262/29.
I nevir thocht vthirwyse 1610 in Calderwood VII. 79.
But he [Cyrus] was leished for it, and we must learn to be otherwise wise 1619 Fife Synod 89.(5) a1538 Abell 104 b.
Als he is oblist to cheis ay the best … othirwes he sall nocht ewaid the iugement of God ? 1544 Bk. Carlaverock II. 30.
Hotherwys 1563 Reg. Privy C. I. 244.
As sall fall out be lot or utherwyise be aggrement 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 261.
Vtherwyse [they] wald haue bein justifeit 1581 Burne Disput. 150.
Nather heir thay [sc. the angels] our prayeris, vtherwyse thay vald haue ouer lang luggis c1590 Fowler II. 95/14.
Vtherwysse 1607 Lett. & St. P. Jas. VI 121.
Or vtherwise this wilbe the last ȝeir that [etc.] 1645 Ritchie Ch. S. Baldred 270.
Utherwys 1664 Dumbarton B. Rec. 84.
Otherewys(6) a1538 Abell 24 b.
Before he wes king he wes gratios; eftirwart it wes othirwis 1622-6 Bisset II. 217/5.
Within his jurisdictioun, denude or utherwyse