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, 1475-1586
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Ho, v. Also: haw. [ME. ho (Gower), hoo (15th c.), f. Ho interj.] intr. To stop, desist, pause.c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace vi. 94.
Throw thi fers cours, that has na hap to ho a1500 Henr. Orph. 611.
Orpheus … twichis on his harp and biddis ho 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. ii. 220.
One of tho, Quhilk of thair feid and malice neuer ho 1513 Id. Æn. xi. ii. 47.
O my deir moder, of thy wepyng ho 1513 Ib. xiii. ii. 80.
The term is cumyn, heir sall thai stynt and ho 1535 Stewart 39371.
Kneutus desyrit This ilk Edmound to ho and hald his hand a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS cxxx. 151.
Sweit hart, of harmes ho
b. Used tr., metris causa.c1420 Wynt. v. 741.
Nero ... That is ensawmpill ... Till thame that ... wyll noucht thare hawtane hawyng haw Off God or man but luve or lawe [v.rr. aw]
