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

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Adherd(e, v. Also: aderd. [Variant of Anherde v., under influence of Adhere.] intr. To adhere, stick to something.1513 Doug. i. Prol. 137.
Adherdand to my protestatioun c1520-c1535 Nisbet 1 Cor. vi. 17.
He that adherdis to the Lord Ib. III. 303/22.
That ye … adherde to him 1522 Acta Conc. MS. XXXIII. 92.
The said secretar had appeilit justly and … it suld be aderdit to his appellacioun

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