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

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1513-1582

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Emparing, Enparyng, vbl. n. [ME. enpeyringe (Wyclif).] Impairing. —1513 Doug. Concl. 10.
Heir my naym [sall] remane, but enparyng c1520-c1535 Nisbet Philipp. iii. 7.
I haue demyt thir [thingis] emparingis [Wycl. apeyryngis] 1582 Declar. Causis 27.
Emparing of Kingis awin authoritie

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