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: 1500-1512
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(Ourstride,) v. P.t. ourstraid, -stred. [Cf. ME. (north.) ouire-stride (a 1400–50), e.m.E. overstride (Spenser), early ME. ouer-strit 3 sing. pres. t. (c 1200), e.m.E. p.p. overstridden (1576).] tr. To bestride. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 209 (B).
Strait Gibbonis air that nevir ourstred [M. oustraid] ane hors
