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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1601
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Fresch(e, a. and adv. Also: fres, freche, freshe, freishe. [ME. fresche, freisshe, fress(e, fressh (c 1200), OF. fresche fem., fresch, freis masc.]
1. adj. Fresh, in various usual senses.(1) a1400 Legends of the Saints vii. 822.
A takine … of new, fresche blud a1400 Ib. xxxix. 360.
Ȝet his flesche Is caloure inucht & als fres 1431 Coll. Ayr & Wigton I. 228.
That na gyld breder sal … sell na fres hydis ?1438 Alex. ii. 4886.
Watter that was freche and fyne 1472 Reg. Cupar A. I. 162.
A turs of fresche ate fodder a1500 Henr. Fab. 2022.
The flewer of the fresche hering c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace iii. 315.
He … Maide him gud cheyr of meyttis fresche and fyne 1508 Treasurer's Accounts IV. 125.
For … frech watir … to the schip c1500-c1512 Dunb. v. 30.
To get hir ane fresche drink, the aill of hevin wes sour c1500-c1512 Ib. xxv. 57.
To drynk with ws the new fresche wyne c1536 Lynd. Compl. Bagsche 101.
I wyll leif schort tyme … Want I gude fresche flesche for my gammis 1570 Inverness B. Rec. I. 188.
Bying of leddyr hard and fresche a1578 Pitsc. I. 61/7.
Ane body … fresche [and] wncorrupt(2) c1400 Troy-bk. i. 269.
Fresche and wele flowande flude 1456 Hay II. 137/24.
Fischeis nurist in water that is myngglit fresche and salt c1460 Wisdom of Solomon 355.
The somer … drawis vp fra the seye the fres watter agane 1509 Reg. Privy S. I. 283/2.
To cum within the realme be sey, freche watteris or be land 1536 Ib. II. 290/1.
The manys of the Reidcastell with the … fischingis tharof in fresche watter 1596 Dalr. I. 30/10.
The Lennox … quhairin is a fresche watir loch 1601 Reg. Privy C. VI. 313.
The slaying of … salmond fisches in fresch watteris(3) a1400 Legends of the Saints xliii. 180.
Fare cronis and fresche haf we ?1438 Alex. ii. 2206.
Hir visage, that was freshe of hew ?1438 Ib. 2512.
Ydorus with the fresch colour 1461 Liber Pluscard. 383.
With herbe, fluris and flouris, Fair flurisand and freche a1500 Henr. Fab. 64.
Ane cok … with feddrame fresche and gay c1515 Asloan MS I. 237/2.
Clathis of gold and silk als fresche as evir thai ware c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlviii. 143.
The fresche ros c1500-c1512 Ib. lxviii. 8.
The sasoun … fresche as pacok feddir 1513 Doug. i. ix. 16.
Hys favour … full of fresch bewte a1540 Freiris Berw. 228.
Scho castis of haill hir fresch array 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 38/22.
The dropis of the fresche deu a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS xxxi. 12.
Fresche Maii and cauld Jauuarye(4) ?1438 Alex. ii. 1804.
Vpone ane vther [steed] fresche and fyne ?1438 Ib. 1929.
He was rycht ferly fresch and fare a1500 Golagros and Gawane 1259.
All effrayt of that fair wes the fresch king a1500 Bk. Chess 262.
A fresche ȝoung man a1500 Doug. King Hart 130.
This wourthy quene … With hir fresche court c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 66.
We suld haue feiris as fresche to fang quhen we wald c1500-c1512 Ib. 209. 1513 Doug. viii. x. 29.
Venus the fresche Goddes 1513 Ib. xiii. viii. 59.
The fair fresch Lavinia a1540 Freiris Berw. 6.
Mony ane fresche lusty galland a1578 Pitsc. I. 97/10.
Fresche men come to renew the battell(5) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxviii. 534.
Thi ȝouthed fare and fres c1420 Wynt. iii. 444.
His pyth worthyde fresche and newe ?1438 Alex. ii. 601.
Thow, for all thy freshe effere, Hes done bot lyttill 1456 Hay II. 128/27.
As a faire and lustye spouse … in his fresche ȝong age a1500 Golagros and Gawane 576.
The feght sa felly thai fang, with ane fresch fair 15.. Clariodus i. 336.
The … beawtie and the fresch effeir of Mandonet 1567 Satirical Poems xi. 84.
To fute the feild with fresche effeir(6) 1422 Fam. Kilravock 124.
It is in fresch memore with you a1500 Bernardus 41.
That thow may hafe in freche remembrance a1500 Ib. 373.
In fresche memor(7) 14.. Acts I. 358/2.
Fresch defforsyng is alsmekill as fresch spoliacioun or a fresch intrusioun 1495 Acts Lords of Council 407/2.
Chargeing thaim to set a court of fresche deforse to baitht the saidis partiis
2. adv. Freshly, in various senses. Also Of fresche, afresh, anew.?1438 Alex. i. 2496.
Thay that cummin ar heir Now freshest flowand in thair geir c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii. 1423.
The small pype … most fresche will call c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxxvii. 26.
Roys red and quhit, … at morrow fresche atyrit a1500 Doug. King Hart 335.
Off coulouris micht thair nane be freschar dicht 1601 Melvill 494.
This benefit of freche I mon recorde