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: 1399-1400, 1535, 1596
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Horrour(e, Horror, n. [ME. horrour (c 1386). e.m.E. horror. OF. horrour, L. horror.] Horror. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xii. 47.
Gret horroure had thai … thar barne to sla a1400 Ib. xl. 647.
Haldine wes thar name … in gret horrour 1535 Stewart 39100.
With sic horror that I can nocht rehers 1596 Dalr. II. 315/2.
Nouther horrour or feir of deith wald garr thame tell
