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: 1520-1535
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Ourn, v. (ME. (Wyclif) and late ME. ourne(n, OF. *ourner, to adorn, only in Nisbet after Purvey. Cf. Orn.) —c1520-c1535 Nisbet Rev. xxi. 19.
Ournit [P. ourned] c1520-c1535 Id. Ep. Ald Test. xxi. 10.