A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fallow, v.2 [ME. felowe, felaghe, velaȝe (1340), f. Fallow,n.] tr. To associate (one) with another as a fellow or companion; to adopt as a mate.a1500 Henr. Fab. 2899.
Be war thairfoir with quhom thow fallowis thé a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 791.
In dolorus dirknes … sall be ȝour residens, Fallowit with fendis furious c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlviii. 138.
Lat no nettill vyle … Hir fallow to the gudly flour delyce 1533 Boece I. viii. 53 b.
Of thir sprang certane quhilk war … exilit the cuntre, and fallowit thame with vtheris of Pichtis blude a1568 Scott xxv. 31.
My hert, be mirry lait and air, … And lat hir fallow ane filly fair
