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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.
Quotation dates: 1456, 1549
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Advers(e, a. [ME. adverse (c 1375), OF. advers(e, L. adversus.] Adverse, opposed. —1456 Hay I. 101/15 (his advers partye); 233/31 (the party advers). 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 71/8 (adverse fortune); 73/27 (the adverse party).
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