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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, 1375-1420, 1499-1615

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Corner, n. Also: cornere, -nar; quarner. [ME. (c 1300) and AF. corner, OF. cornier; cf. ME (14th c.) querner.] A corner; a corner-stone.1337 Rot. Scotiæ 492/1.]
[In vico Sutorum in superiori cornero de Kergate
a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow ii. 118.
The king … a cornar of a cuntre seuerall … Gaif him be seile
1513 Doug. ii. viii. 48.
We holk and mynd the corneris for the nanys
1513 Ib. xii. Prol. 757.
In corneris and cleir fenystaris of glas
c1420 Wynt. ii. 37 (W).
Ane archere in ane cornere [R. kyrnale] stude
1560–1 Edinb. Old Acc. II 131.
To ane mason that maid bothollis and regeleit ane quarner of the pillar
1562-3 Winȝet I. 32/25.
The corner or bandstane quhilk the bigaris refusit
a1578 Pitsc. II. 71/3.
That quhich I haue hard … I taucht opinlie and in no corneris
1615 Highland P. III. 173.
To bliss this … kingdome with ane vniversall peace … throughout all the nukis and cornaris thairof

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