A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Perill,) Per(r)ell, v. [e.m.E. peril to put at risk (1567), to be in danger (1641), f. peril Peril(l n. Cf. Parell v.]
1. tr. a. To put at risk; to endanger, hazard, imperil (a person or thing). b. To produce a risk of (certain consequences). c. To hazard (a guess); to conjecture.a. 1584 Crim. Trials I. ii. 118.
Quhairthrow the lyif and estait … of our souerane lord … be perrellit 1586 James VI in Cal. Sc. P. IX. 248.
Mislyking of you may daingerouslie perrell … youre persoune and estate 1591 Reg. Privy C. IV. 665.
Thair said schip mycht have bene perellit c1600 Montg. Suppl. xxvi. 12.
Quhilk … wald thow suld nocht perrell libertie 1620 Perth Kirk S. MS. 4 Jan.
Becaus it may perrell the haill tenement of land to hald ingill in it —b. 1584 James VI in Cal. Sc. P. VII. 112.
It mycht … peirell the breake of the amytie so long continewit betuix ws —c. 1584 Cal. Sc. P. VII. 144.
And suirley I perrell that Mr. Colwil … can noct sa weill … satisfie all dutes that … wilbe mowit
2. intr. To be in danger.c1590 Fowler I. 152/12.
I tak for glore To perrish and to perrell by your hewe
