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: 1399-1552
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Quham-ever, -evir(e, -evyr, rel. pron. Also: quhame-ever. [Cf. also Quhom-ever.] The objective case of Quha-ever: Whomever, anyone whom; that person whom. —(1) ?1438 Alex. ii 8733.
Quham euir he hit … Thare nedit na leche on thame to luke ?1438 Ib. 8971. c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace iv 295.
Quham euir thai mett was at the Inglis fay Thai slew all doun c1475 Ib. v 943. 1513 Doug. x xi 139 (S.T.S.).
And in hys renk quham euer [Sm. quham euyr] be [Sm. etc. he] met lay ded c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4353, 4355.
Quhame euer he byndis by his mycht, Thay boundin ar in Goddis sycht. Quhame euer he lowsis in erth heir doun, Ar lousit be God in his regioun c1552 Ib. 4360. —(2) a1400 Legends of the Saints vii 27.
Quham-euire ȝe se me kyse, He is Ihesu c1520-c1535 Nisbet Matth. xxvi 48.
