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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1513-1624
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Hede-gere, Heid-geir, n. Also: hed-dere, -geir, -geyr, heid-deyr, -gair. [Hede n.1; Gere n.; e.m.E. headgear (1621).] That which is worn on the head. a. Head-dress; a head-dress. b. Armour for the head. c. The head-harness of a horse.a. c1420 Wynt. v. 1543.
All hys wywys hedgere hale Wyth mony othire fayre jowale 1513 Doug. x. iii. 36.
The … rych hynger Quhilk doys the nek array or the hed ger 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 1169.
All hir heid geir scho kest it on the flure 1560 Ib. 8862.
To this lady he bocht ane fyue heid geir 1575 Edinburgh Testaments III. 363 b.
For masking … five heid geiris of hair 1608 Tailor's Acc. Bk. 67 b.
To his wyff hir heid geir 1624 Brechin Testaments IV. 139.
The said defunctis heidgeir & linninge cleythisb. 1513 Doug. vii. xii. 95.
[A] pepill … Quhais hed gere war of ful sobir extent 1513 Ib. x. vi. 96.
His hewmet or hedgeir 1541 Treasurer's Accounts VIII. 30.
Twa halkryggis witn heid gairc. 1538 Treasurer's Accounts VII. 13.
Ane elne of reid sating to cover the burlat and heid geir of the said harnes [of a horse] 1539 Inv. Wardrobe 53.
Ten heid geiris of fedderis for hors
