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

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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1533-1557

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Oderwis(e, -wes, adv. [e.m.E. odyr wise (1482).] = Otherwyse, Otherwayis. —1533 Gau 38/10.
The halie writ … swm time callis hyme oder wis
1533 Ib. 106/2.
The quhilk cane notht be onderstand oderwis bot of Christ
1542 Boyd Fam. P. 30 June.
& gif oderwise chaneseit protestit … for remeid of law
1557 Inverness Rec. I. 8.
To be sald at the mercat croce nocht oderwes

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