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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: 1420
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Overmar(e, a. [ME. overmore (Wyclif, Trevisa), north. -mare (c 1400), f. Over a. or adv.] Upper, higher. — c 1420 Liber Calchou 450.
Gif the mater aper in the ouermar [pr. ouerinar] syde be syde be preue tyngis, blede [etc.]
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"Overmar adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 13 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/overmare_adj>
