A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Norther, -ir, a. [ME. and e.m.E. norþer, norther, appar. obsol. after 15th c., OE. norþerra, norþra, compar. a., more northerly.] a. Northern. b. Applied to the more northerly of two places of the same name. c. superl. Most northerly. —a. 1375 Barb. xvii. 846 (C).
Northir men wald no-thing swa —b. 1519 Fife Sheriff Ct. 152.
The landis of Balmoile Northir with thar pertinentis 1561 Reg. Dunferm. 436, 438.
Blair bothie norther … Blairnebothie souther 1646 Dunferm. Kirk S. 19.
Fods, norther and souther —c. 1677 Inverness Presb. 76.
One part of the said dask, to wit, the northerest corner therof
