A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1533-1566
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Prekar, Preakar, n. [Late north. ME (? a 1400) and e.m.E. preker: cf. Prikar n. and Prek(e v.] = Prik(k)ar n. 1. —1533 Boece 303.
Prekaris [L. Equitatus] send be Arthure to follow the chais … astonyst Saxons be sic vehement terroure 1558-66 Knox I 210.
The Erle of Warwik … perceaving the host to be molested with the Scotishe preakaris
