A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Overschaddowit, p.p. [Overschaddow v. b.] Sheltered as if with a shadow. —1562-3 Winȝet II. 41/29.
That we appere nocht to say … that He did it as ouerschaddowit and nocht as a weray man