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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: 1375-1420, 1499-1599

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Avow, n.1 Also: avou, auow, awow, awou(e. [ME. avou (c 1300), avowe, f. Avow, v.1] A vow.1375 Barb. xv. 423 (of this avow bodword was brocht till schir James). a1400 Legends of the Saints xl. 1000 (for thi awou thu mad to me). c1420 Wynt. v. 1897 (hechtys and awowys). a1500 Golagros and Gawane 296 (as I haue maid myne auow). 1513 Doug. viii. ix. 31 (the wyssys and avowys dowblet wer); ix. i. 58 (the hevynnys chargeyng with feil awowis). 15.. Clariodus iii. 38 (thairon grit avoues have thay maid); v. 141 (we sall keip all the avowis maid at the supper).

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