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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: 1475-1626

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Convoyar, n. Also: -are, -er. [f. Convoy v.] One who convoys; a leader or guide; an escort; a manager.c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace vii. 1253.
Ay lowyt be our lady off hir grace! Conuoyar offt scho was to gud Wallace
1513 Doug. i. Prol. 245.
Deiphebe, … Quhilk was Eneas convoyar to hell
1513 Ib. vii. v. 86.
Bellona … sal stand by, To be convoyar of the mariage
1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 23.
Sum of thame ar … convoyaris of him to the scamles
a1578 Pitsc. I. 173/6.
The king tuk certane artaillȝe witht him out of the castell of Edinburgh and maid Cowchrane … convoyar of the samin
1597 Elgin Rec. II. 49.
Elspet Corsour was the convoyar of the said Cuming to James Andersonis hous
1608 Mun. Univ. Glasg. III. 521.
The convoyers of meit to utheris to be puneist thairfoir
1622-6 Bisset II. 238/5.
Everie maister convoyaris of the wark [to have] viijs be day

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