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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1420, 1475, 1602-1603
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Ogart, -ert, Oggart, -ert, -ered, n. [Sc. forms corresp. to north. and midl. ME. ougard (Cursor M.), au-, awgarde, -gart, and cf. also augard, awgerd (c 1450), oȝyrt (c 1425), adj., arrogant, ? cf. ON. ágjarn adj. ambitious, neut. ágjart, and ágirnd n. ambition, insolence, greed.] Pride, arrogance, presumption. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xxx. 215.
Na ogart na pryd is thé within a1400 Ib. xl. 1334.
For myn ogart I haf tynt grace! c1420 Wynt. iv. 330.
I sall wytht myn ost oure ryde, To fell his ogert and his pryde c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace x. 155.
Ogart [1570, oggart] a1603 Anc. Prophecies 28.
Much anger and euill hath this yle choosed, Al through oggered [v.r. oggert]
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