A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1513
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(Nether-,) Nethirmar(e, Nether-mair, Neddyrmar, Ned(d)irmair, adv. [Cf. north. ME. (c 1400) neþermare, midl. and south ME. (1382) and e.m.E. nethermore, adj. = nether, lower, and e.m.E. (1565) adv. = lower down.] Lower down, further down. —a1500 Henr. Orph. 210 (Ch. & M.).
Ye mon seke nethir mare [Asl. nethir mar, Bann. nedirmair] a1500 Ib. 260.
Nethir mare [Asl. nethir mar, Bann. neddirmair] a1500 Ib. 345. 1513 Doug. vi. v. h. of ch. (Sm.).
Tyl hellis fludis Enee socht nether mair [Ruddim. nethir mare, Bann. neddyrmar]
