A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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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 Leg. S. xl. 1284.
Bot erar mon be [askit] thai Vith meknes than with outray a1500 Rauf C. 156.
Vneis micht he stand For anger of that outray [sc. a blow on the head] that he had thair tane Ib. 877.
In Christ and thow will trow, thow takis nane outray a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 1360 (H).
And vs refrene of syn fra all owtray a1500 Lanc. 3452.
Yhour ennemys pretendit with thar myght … To ifyne yhow one owtray or affray
