A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1490-1513
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Ordur(e, Ordour(e, n. [ME. ordure (14th c.), F. ordure (12th c. in Godef. Compl.).] Filth, dirt, ordure, excrement. —1490 Irland Mir. I. 40/20.
Clenge ws fra all filth and ordoure of mortal syn 1490 Ib. II. 6/24.
And syn leidis thame blindly in al maner of ordour of filth 1513 Doug. iii. ix. 11.
We … al hys cors gan se Maistlaithly ful of ordur