A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hovering, -yng, Hower-, vbl. n. [e.m.E. hovering (1679).] Indecision. hesitation. —c1420 Wynt. vi. 2463.
Quhill thai ware in this hoveryng [C. howerynge] All will, quha suld be thare kyng 1533 Boece viii. viii. 266.
The corage of Scottis and Pichtis … be tary and lang hovering wald growe soft
