A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1566-1587, 1674
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Rememberer, -air, n. Also: remenbrer. [Late ME and e.m.E. remembrer (c1449), -erer (1614).] a. One who, or that which, reminds or recalls to memory. b. One who records; a recorder. —a. 1566 Cal. Sc. P. II 317.
[I beseech you be a] meane and a remenbrer [to her majesty to revenge] the sheding of her highnes owne innocent blude 1674 Abp. Sharp Laing MSS 397.
Bestirr yourself in this as a rememberer of that woe quhich is pronounced against those that are at ease —b. 1587 Acts III 464/1.
That the iustice clerk … salbe speciall rememberair of the causis concerning the Hielandis and Bordouris
