A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1420-1455, 1528-1567
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Deliverar, n. Also: delyverare, -ir. [e.m.E. deliverer (1532).] One who delivers or hands over.c1420 Wynt. v. 2347.
He than made hym … delyverare Off all the gud and the tresoure 1455 Edinb. Chart. 81.
That the said Sir Iames sal nocht … tak na vitalis at … Leth bot be the deliuerans of the deliueraris of the tovne 1528 Blackfriars Perth 192.
His airis or assignais … , payaris and deliveraris of the said sowme of money 1567 Acts III. 30/1.
The deliuerar to tyne the said fals money
