A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Creatour, -ure, n. Also: -oure, -or(e, -ur. [ME. creatour (c 1290), -ure, OF. creatour, -ur, -or, L. creātor.] A creator; the Creator.(a) c1420 Wynt. i. 97.
Quhill that thai … myskend thare Creatoure Ib. v. 2057.
[They] kennyd Cryst for thare Creatoure, And dyd hym serwyce and honoure 1456 Hay II. 5/3. Ib. 146/26.
To be at his devocioun in contemplacioun of his Creatour 1461 Liber Plusc. 383.
Thow makis gret falt … but caus to crab thi creatoure 1490 Irland Mir. I. 76/19.
The power … at God the creator gat to him 1558 Q. Kennedy Tractive 131.
Our hevinlie Father, Creator, and Redemptor 1611-57 Mure Misc. P. xii. 21.
Thyne ayde, O my creatour, I implore(b) c1420 Wynt. viii. 1473.
Quhen the Ballyoll … Hys sawle send till his creature [: sepulture] Ib. 3105. 1490 Irland Mir. I. 61/11.
This … causit the mannis ressoune to obeye to his creature in all thing first 1533 Boece ix. xi. 314 b.
Be war … that ȝe provoik the ire … of ȝoure creature 1537 Hamilton P. I. 42.
The Creature Almychty we pray be youre haly kepare a1568 Bann. MS. 72 a.
Lufe best thi creatur
