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: 1438-1578
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Hurt, ppl. a. [ME. (c 1400).] Injured, wounded. —?1438 Alex. ii. 4308.
Quha hurt or haill was nane micht knaw 1456 Hay I. 115/12.
To visyte the hurt men and seke men a1500 Henr. Fab. 1022.
Me think it better To sleip in haill nor in hurt skyn c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxiii. 35 (Asl.).
He wald haf for a nycht to byde Ane haknay & the hurt mannis hyd 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 105.
Considerand that oure hurt nature hes nocht dotit ane man til vse al craftis a1578 Pitsc. I. 230/12.
Thai … thair remauit quhill thair hurt men was curit and the deid burieit
