A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1498-1500
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Out-, Owtray, n. [Late ME. (15th c.) and e.m.E. outray(e, f. Outrayv.] Violence, injury, a harm or hurt. = Outrag(e n. 4. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xl. 1284.
Bot erar mon be [askit] thai Vith meknes than with outray a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 156.
Vneis micht he stand For anger of that outray [sc. a blow on the head] that he had thair tane a1500 Ib. 877.
In Christ and thow will trow, thow takis nane outray a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 1360 (H).
And vs refrene of syn fra all owtray a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 3452.
Yhour ennemys pretendit with thar myght … To ifyne yhow one owtray or affray
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