A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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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 Leg. S. xl. 1000 (for thi awou thu mad to me). c1420 Wynt. v. 1897 (hechtys and awowys). a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 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.. Clar. iii. 38 (thairon grit avoues have thay maid); v. 141 (we sall keip all the avowis maid at the supper).
