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: 1475-1599
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Asper, Aspre, a. [ME. aspre (Chaucer), e.m.E. asper, OF. aspre, L. asper.] Sharp, keen; cruel, fierce, harsh.c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace iii. 168.
In fewtir kest a fellone aspre sper The knycht Fenweik c1475 Ib. iv. 5.
Sagittarius with his aspre bow c1475 Ib. v. 492.
In aspre spech c1475 Ib. ix. 1930.
Cler aspre eyn 15.. Clariodus i. 999.
Hard was the batell, asper, woode and fell 15.. Ib. iii. 391.
As ane lyoun, asper, feirce and wod
