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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: 1450-1452, 1602-1603

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Nether, Nedder, v. Also: nyther. [Early ME. neoðerian (Layamon), north. e.m.E. nether (1691), var. of Nither v.] tr. To make low, bring down, in lit. and fig. senses. a. To bend down. b. To humiliate, abase. —a. c1450-2 Howlat 57.
My neb is netherit [B. nytherit] as a nok
b. c1450-2 Howlat 105.
I am netherit [B. nytherit] ane owll be nature
c1450-2 Ib. 251. a1603 Anc. Prophecies 28.
Noroway hath neddered them and to neede brought

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