A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Beware, Bewar, infin. phr. the infinitive or imperative phrase be war(e written as one word, as in Eng. beware. See Ware a.(1) inf. a1400 Leg. S. xxxi. 403.
Ioseph, that cuth nocht beware With [etc.] c1460 Wisd. Sol. 671.
Men suld … beware fore the ill day 1562-3 Winȝet II. 44/1.
We man … bewar that we confes Christe c1590 Fowler I. 269/8.
As Virgo may with Gemini bewar a 1660 Coll. Aberd. & B. 191.
To bewar of meddling with the rents of the Church(2) imp. c1500-c1512 Dunb. xx. 9.
Bewar quhome to thy connsale thow discure 1533 Gau 109/22.
Bevar with the fals prophetis a1570-86 Schaw Maitl. F. cxlvi. 8.
Thairfoir bewar with ane scharp blawar a1578 Pitsc. I. 221/3.
Thairfor … bewar witht them 1622-6 Bisset I. 123/3.
Bevar that thow overthraw nocht justice
