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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Deplore, Deploir, v. Also: deplor. [e.m.E. (1591), F. déplorer, L. dēplōrāre. Common in Sc. earlier than in Eng.] tr. To bewail, lament for.(a) c1552 Lynd. Mon. 207 (tyll deplore the mortall misereis). Ib. 3189. 1562-3 Winȝet II. 22/22 (deplorand the bittirnes of the tyme). a1578 Pitsc. I. 59/28 (deplorand the mutabilietie of fortune). a1585 Maitl. Q. lxxviii. 4 (deploring great mischeif). 1590 Burel Pilgr. ii. 2 (Anna … deplors hir sister Didos deith).(b) 1549 Compl. 26/6 (to deploir the calamiteis). 1567 Sat. P. vii. 75 (mycht dewlie this deploir). a1578 Pitsc. I. 217/24 (deploiring and lamenting the deid of his father). a1585 Maitl. Q. lxiv. 29 (he wald deploir his folie).

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