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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1399-1420

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Mutere, Mwter, n. [North. ME. muter (Cath. Angl.), ME. motere, late ME. and e.m.E. mootiere, mooter, OE. mótere, f. mótian; see Mute v.1] One who speaks, argues or pleads (well); a speaker, debater, pleader. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxvi. 968.
This Alisander … wes a gud mutere And held oft disputacione
c1420 Ratis Raving 990.
Trow weil it mone be swa ore vere Fra thow be mwter at the bare

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