A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Asperans, Asperance, n. Var. of Esperance.c1475 Wall. xi. 1463.
My spreyt felis na termys asperans 1548 Corr. M. Lorraine 281.
All our asperans is in your grace a1568 Bann. MS. 222 a/18; Ib. 231 a/31.
Saif asperans ffreindis I fynd no may 1582 Misc Spald. C. II. 336.
Doctour Skein is presentlie in guid asperance of his remaid
