A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Asper, Aspre, a. [ME. aspre (Chaucer), e.m.E. asper, OF. aspre, L. asper.] Sharp, keen; cruel, fierce, harsh.c1475 Wall. iii. 168.
In fewtir kest a fellone aspre sper The knycht Fenweik Ib. iv. 5.
Sagittarius with his aspre bow Ib. v. 492.
In aspre spech Ib. ix. 1930.
Cler aspre eyn 15.. Clar. i. 999.
Hard was the batell, asper, woode and fell Ib. iii. 391.
As ane lyoun, asper, feirce and wod
