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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.

For-rin, For-ryn, v. [Rin v.] tr. To outrun, outstrip in running. (Cf. For-run p.p.)1513 Doug. xii. ii. 86.
The quhilk stedis … the wyndis blastis forryn [R. forrynnyng] wald
Ib. vi. 61.
That thai forryn and goys befor alway Zephyrus and Nothus
1531 Bell. Boece I. 186.
Gif the haris had forrun the hundis be lang renk, to be na forthir persewit
1535 Stewart 14952.
Ane beist that had forrun the hound
1580-92 James VI Lusus R. 18.
It chancit ye uar forrunn a prettie space, a mile or mair

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