A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1475-1500
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Bufe, Buffe, adv. [ME. buve, (bove,) buven, OE. bufan.] Above. Also off buffe. —a1500 Henr. III. 146/20.
Brichtnes fra bufe aboundis c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace v. 229.
He … Flayt by himself to the makar off buffe