A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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(Ȝare,) Yare, Ȝore, Ȝoir, adv.2 [ME and e.m.E. ȝare (Layamon), yare (c1275), ȝore (a1300), yore (c1400), OE ᵹeára.] Before, on a previous occasion. b. Ȝoir ago (Ago adv.), in time gone by. —a1400 Leg. S. xxiii 258.
He … lukyt vpe & saw thare The sammyne takine he saw yare a1400 Leg. S. xxxiii 522.
The wiche … a fere fellare poysone made … & he it saynit, as he did yare, & drank it of 1513 Doug. ii xi 21.
Haly fader send ws thi help als ȝoir [Ruddim. ȝore] And conferm al thir takynnys seyn befor —b. 1513 Doug. xii Epil. 3.
Ȝoir ago in myne ondantit ȝouth
