A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pere, Peir, v.1 [ME. pere(n (Piers Plowman), late ME. and e.m.E. peere (c 1430), peyre (north., a 1440) to be equal, to equal, also to class as equal (c 1610), OF. perer, pairier.] tr. a. To class (a person or persons) as equal to another or others. b. To equal, to rank with. —1375 Barb. ix. 666 (C).
His brothir … To quhom … I dar peir nane wes in his day a1400 Leg. S. xviii. 1312.
That angel to the quhilk … al the warld ma nocht be peryd Ib. xxix. 705.
Knychttis he gert thaim be … & perit thaim ay to the beste c1460 Thewis Gud Women 4.
Thewis … Quhilkis gar women be haldin deir And [v.r. And makis] pouer women princis peir
