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.
Furder, adv. [ME. furder (14–17th c.), var. of Further adv. Cf. Forder adv.] Further (in various senses).1568 Buch. Indict. 42.
Fering, the furder thai dippit in it, to fynd the greter perrell a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 1128.
Ȝe promise furder than ȝe pay 1649 Blairs P. 20.
[Of which] ye shall be furder acquanted att some fitting opportunity 1651 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 118.
The said dask not comeing furder out … nor the poynt of the Forbes dask 1682 Melrose R. Rec. III. 31.
[The bailie continues them] untill he trye furder anent ther cariadges
