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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: 1400-1500, 1560-1561

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(Out-pas,) v. Pres. p. out passand. P.t. out past. [Out adv. 29 (2).] a. intr. To go out. b. ? To proceed as issue or offspring, be descended. c. tr. ? To pass beyond. —a. ?1438 Alex. ii. 4073.
The ȝet was apnit, the pray out past
a1500 King Hart 182.
Or him self outpast
a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 2352.
Out past
b. 14.. Regiam Majestatem c. 60.
The thrid forsuth sonis or ayris of the last borne dochteris out passand be the forme of law
c. a1561 Norvell Meroure 57 b.
I … cut the hard piller that Hercules … Maid in vaine thinkinge it could not be out past

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