A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Our-ȝeir, Oweryere, a. [Cf. later Sc. (1702) and north. Eng. dial. over-, oweryear (of an animal) kept over from the preceding year.] Left over from the preceding year, of old stock; superannuated, antiquated. —1508 Treas. Acc. IV. 23.
ix elne of the Kingis auin taffeti quhilk remanit our ȝeir 1581-1623 James VI Poems I. 33/289.
No more into [sc. songs] oweryere [F. ces fables surannées] lyes delyte
