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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Onder, -ir, -yr, -re, prep. [ME. and e.m.E. onder (Ayenbite), onther (a 1400), var. of Under.] Under, beneath.
1. Below, lower than, in respect of place or position.c 1434 Liber Aberbr. II. 67.
One to the … beld stane ondyr the dikys of the Brakkys and … to the denheid of Gutheryne ondyr the gait 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I. 199.
Tha sal neuer cast thar pettis bot onder a forhed 1490 Foulis Chart. (Reg. H.) 4 Dec.
The saide lande to be haldyn … alsaveyle onder eyrde as abovne ȝeyrde 1513 Doug. i. iii. 12.
Ondyr flude Symois mony … stalwart bodeis lyis warpit Ib. vi. vi. 46 (E).
Ondir hir clok Ib. xii. Prol. 11 (C).
Ondir covert Ib. xii. Prol. 86.
The planis plenteus … Streking on breid ondyr the cirkill rovnd 1531 Rec. Earld. Orkney 214. a1538 Abell 125 a.
He … put the forsaid writ … ondir his wiffis side quhen sche wes slepand c1552 Lynd. Mon. 313.
Onder the schaddow of that tre 1558 Bk. Old Edinb. C. XXIII. 103. a1500 Henr. III. 117/68. c 1570 Lennox Mun. 276.
In laicht chalmer onder the chapell 1650 Sc. Ant. IV. 28.
Onder
b. Of ships: Ondir saill.1549 Corr. M. Lorraine 317.
Efter our schyp wes ondyr sell a1568 Bann. MS. 249 b/36.
Ondir saill
c. Ondir (the concealment of) nicht. —a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 428 (Ch. & M.).
Ondir nycht quhile stall thou staggis et stirkis 1524 Carnwath Baron Ct. (ed.) 27.
Onder the clud of the nycht 1525 Wigtown B. Ct. 225 b.
Onder sylens of the nicht
2. In non-material applications: Subject to, subordinate to, on the authority or assurance of, etc.(1) 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I. 166.
To mak tenandis onder hym 1515 Douglas Corr. 70.
To leyf ondyr the gret Turk 1532 Ib. 349.
Being ondre the cuyr and reul of the said erle 1533 Gau 22/18.
We suld dant the body onder the spreit a1538 Abell 87 a.
A man naturalie desiris erar to be abone othiris na ondir c 1560 Old Ross-shire I. 13.
Onder the special protection of the seid apostolique 1588 Prot. Bk. J. Inglis 23 May.
That scho … leif quietly onder our souerane lordis pece(2) 1458 Peebles B. Rec. I. 127.
Onder the pan v mark 1458–9 Montrose Baillie Ct. 10 b.
Onder the paynis off [etc.] 1519 Buccleuch Mun. II. 136. 1532 Facs. Nat. MSS. III. xx.
Ondre 1554 Grant Chart. 114. 1559 Inverness Rec. I. 38. a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 114/25. 1594 Grant Chart. 186.
Onder the paynes following 1596 Glasgow Burgesses 23. 1599 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 170. 1639 Baillie I. 239.
Onder all the pains of hell(3) a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 127/6.
Onder the forme of … breade and vine Ib. 129/19.(4) a1538 Abell 125 a.
Ondir sowerance Ib. 126 b.
Ondir trowys 1545 Corr. M. Lorraine 136.
Ondyr hope of aggreance 1568 Q. Mary in Facs. Nat. MSS. III. lviii.
Al bypast deidis wil cum onder oblivioun 1588 Prot. Bk. J. Inglis 8 Sept.
Onder protestatione that [etc.] 1601 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 184.
Thou art onder wraik 1616 Sutherland Bk. II. 128.
They ar onder trysting efter Andersmes 1656 Laing MSS. I. 306.
[He] is onder a temptation in it(5) 1433 Swintons App. xxxiii.
Ondyr our suffran lord the Kyngis gret sele 1562–3 Rec. Earld. Orkney 113.
Ondyr the syng manuall of Maister Allxr. Wais 1572 Lanark B. Rec. 66.
Onder his hand writ(6) 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 9.
Thys classe sal reid Terence [etc.] … sum thyng mair than classis onder thayme
