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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1399-1420, 1499-1500

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Hallow, Halow, n.1 Chiefly in plur.: halowis, -y(i)s, halouys, hawlouys; halorbis (erroneous form). [ME. halowe, earlier halwe, repr. OE. hálᵹa. Cf. Alhallow and Alhallowis.] a. A saint. a1400 Legends of the Saints iii. 867.
Ane bischope … Sancte Andrew in affecione Had ay … Oure al hawlouys that euir ware
a1400 Ib. xviii. 784.
Mary … , joy of halouys we thé cal
c1420 Wynt. v. 5775.
Off haly halowyis the ymagys he Brynt in till hys tyme gert be
c1420 Ib. vii. 430.
Saynt Eb, a swet halow
c1420 Ib. 1546.
Wyth halowys to duell for evyr and ay
a1500 Adv. MS. 25.4.15 fol. 161.
[To] suer ... one Goddis halows
c1500 Rowll Cursing 89.
Fra God, our Lady and all thair hallowis
b. Holy or sacred things. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxi. 757.
Of thare halorbis the mastir-main [L. comes sacrorum]

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