A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Low, anglicized var. of Law adv. 2. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 98 (Ch. & M.).
And ewiry blome … Full low [v.rr. law] enclynyng to thair quene so clere c1590 J. Stewart II. 208, § 35.
So thrimbling throch that port I did inclyn Low to salute Humilitie deuyn Ib. 226, § 105.
Fraud … low louring
