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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

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