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: 1546-1605
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Impyr(e, Impyire, a. [Commoner varr. of Empire a.] Hevin impyre, the empyrean or sphere of fire; the highest heaven.1546 Lynd. Trag. Card. 246.
Quhen I had gretest dominatioun As Lucifer had in the heuin impyre c1552 Id. Mon. 6078.
Quharefor preis nocht till understand … The secretis of the hevin impyre 1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 12.
In eird thy plesour to fulfill Siclyke as in the heuin impyre a1570-86 Maitland Maitland Folio MS clxxiii. 32.
Or ȝe sall nocht cwm to the gloir Off hevine impyr [Q. impyire]fig. a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xiii. 10.
That fervent fyre Of burning love impyre
