A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quher(e)for, rel. adv. Also: -forr, -foer, -foir; wherfor. [e.m.E. and ME wher(e)for(e (Piers Plowman B), ME (south.) hueruore (1340), ME werefore (c1250), hwerfore (c1230).] = Quharefor(e B 2. —c1400 Troy-bk. ii 149.
Wherfor gretly Vlixes Was fleyt Ib. 163. Ib. 273 (C). 1419 Cal. Charters No. 299.
Quherfor I giffe & granntis the said landis … to the said Gibonne [etc.] c1616 Hume Orthog. 7.
Quherforr to rectefie our aun [sc. symbols] first it behoves us to knaw their's Ib. 8.
Quherfoer Ib. 10, 15. 1651 Kingarth Par. Rec. 29.
Quherfor 1671 Rothesay B. Rec. 216.
Quherfoir they as baillies did fyne and jog hir
