A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1475-1513
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Hamper, Hampir, v. [ME. (chiefly northern) hamper (c. 1350), of uncertain origin.] fr. To confine, to restrain or hinder. —c1420 Wynt. v. 5268.
Hys godhed hampryd nevyr wes c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace vii. 446.
Mad folk with fyr hampryt in mony hauld c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxxii. 39.
Merchandis at the Stinkand Styll Ar hamperit in ane hony came 1513 Doug. xi. x. 86.
Armyt men, Quham … The bewys thik hampirris and doith hyde With skowgis darn
