A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Ourcuming, -yne, vbl. n.1 [Cf. ME. over cuming (Cursor M.), -comynge, e.m.E. -comming (1585), f. overcome Overcum v.] The fact of being overcome or vanquished (Ourcum v. 1). —a1400 Leg. S. iii. 627.
Of the croice the ourcumyne [: althinge] I no dred
