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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1420, 1476-1489
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Auter(e, Awter(e, n. Also: awtyr. [ME. auter (c 1250), autere, awter, etc., OF. auter: see Altar and Autar.] An altar …(a) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxvi. 771 (one his autere the gret ath sal I swere); xxxvi. 881 (apon the autere). 1387 Edinb. Chart. 35 (the ylys qwhare the auterys sal stand). 1416 Chart. (Reg. H.) No. 247 a (apon sanct Mauris autere). c1420 Wynt. v. 3457 (ane tabernakyll that outhe the autere standand wes). 1482 Misc. Spald. C. II. 324 (at our he auter).(b) 1375 Barb. ii. 33 (in the freris at the hye awter); 1375 Ib. 44. a1400 Legends of the Saints vii. 281 (to the tempil & to the awtere). c1420 Wynt. iv. 2604 (apon ane awtere in the ayre); v. 3091 (awterys of stane). 1476 Ayr B. Court Bk. 6 May (the service of sanct Mychell awter). 1482 Misc. Spald. C. II. 324 (to raparalle an awter in owr kyrk). 1489 Dunferm. B. Rec. ii (to the Relik awter).
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