A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Flatter, v.2 [ME. flater (15th c.). Surviving in later dialect. Cf. Flotter v.] intr. To float with effort. —c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1752.
He … Flatterand amange the wawes wode With gret force of his armes gane swyme
