A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gram(m)ar, -er, n. Also: gramere, grammeir; graum(m)er. [ME. gram(m)er (14th c.), gramere (c 1320), OF. gramaire.] Grammar; a grammar. (Sometimes spec. of Latin.)c1420 Wynt. v. 3380.
Donate … in that tyme hys libell wrate, That now barnys oysys to lere, At thaire begynnyng of gramere [v.r. grammeir] 1531 Bell. Boece II. 483.
He was expert in gramer [v.r. grammair], oratry, and poetry 1596 Dalr. I. 16/23.
Ane Academie nocht obscure, … in respecte baith of philosophie and grammer and politick studie 1620 Banff Ann. II. 167.
To … instruct the youthe … in the Latin and Greik graummers 1634 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 138.
For the educatione … of the yowth … in writteing, reeding, in graumer [etc.] 1672 Foulis Acc. Bk. 6.
For a … , gramar and Latin catechise to Archie
