A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Overgiver, n. [Cf. Ourgiver.] One who gives up (a property etc.). —1709 Corshill Baron Ct. 239.
The whilk day [they] … overgave ther respective maillings. … That ilke ane of the abovewritten overgivers [etc.]
