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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: 1588-1675

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Oldar, -er, Oulder, compar. a. [Late ME. (c 1440) and e.m.E.; cf. ME. (Layamon) and e.m.E. aldre, alder, and Elder a.] Elder; older. —1588 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 21.
John Leslie of Balquhane older
1588 Ib. 44.
John Leslie older of Balquhane
1630 Ib. 314.
Thay ar of ane oldar dait
?c1675 J. Gordon Hist. II. 20.
An elder, etc. it meanes an oulder in yeares

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