A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lever-, Levir-se(e, n. (= ME. liverede see, liverd se (Robert of Gloucester, Cursor M.), MDu., MLG. leverse(e, and cf. MHG. lebermer, imaginary sea in which the water is ‘livered’ (Lever n.1) or coagulated so that ships cannot move.) —c1515 Asl. MS. I. 162/26.
Thair is ane nother [sea] that Sydrak callis mare pulentie the lever se a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xlix. 11.
We saild by syndry shoirs And past the perillous gredy gulfe of Perse And levir sees that syndry shippis devoirs
