A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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Lurker, n. [ME. lerkere (a 1325), lurker (14th c.), -are, f. Lurk v.] One who lurks, a skulker. —a1500 Henr. Fab. 1068.
‘My lord, gif me the law Of this lurker’; with that Lowrence let draw