A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lording, vbl. n. [e.m.E., f. ME. (Rolle) and e.m.E. lord v., north. ME. (a 1300) laverd v., intr. to rule as a lord, to act in lordly or tyrannical fashion, and tr. to make one a lord, to ennoble.] a. Dominion, overlordship. b. Calling (another) ‘Lord’. —a. 14.. Burgh Laws c. 59 in a1500 Adv. Lib. MS. 25. 4. 15.
Na for hatrent or for dout of lording of ony man —b. 1636 Rutherford Lett. (1891) 135.
My newly printed book against Arminians was one challenge; not lording the prelates was another
