A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Outgif, -gywe, v. P.p. outgevin. [Gif v., Give v., Geve v.] tr. and absol. a. To give out as a decision or judgement. b. To issue (coinage). c. To pay out (money). —1481 Fam. Rose 145.
And I sall nocht delyuer na ovt gywe na mater … for ovt the avice … off thir forsaidis personis 1601 Cochran-Patrick Coinage I. 200.
That the foirsaidis takismen … sall haue libertie and powar … to melt fyne work forge prent and outgif in the foirsaidis spaceis 1639 Edinb. Surgeons 143.
Out gevin be him for ane sand glass for the vse of the craft the sowme of x s.
