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: 1450-1475
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Counterpalace, Cownterpalys, n. [Of obscure formation.] An equal; a rival, opponent. —c1450-2 Howlat 904.
He thocht him … As souerane him awne self … Counterpalace to the Pape, our princis, I plicht c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace x. 524.
Wallace said: ‘Stud thow rychtwys to me, Cownter palys I suld nocht be to thé’
