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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Sayar, -er, n.2 Also: syer. [ME sayer (?1370), seyer (c1460), 19th c. Eng. sayer (1835); Say v.2] One who assays or tests; an assayer of metal. = Assayour n. —1526 Acts II 317/1.
The wardanis fe the sayaris fe and the sy[n]karis of the irnis fee 1579 Reg. Privy S. VII 321/1.
The generall of his cunyehous maister cunyear wardanis sinkar syer prentaris forgearis and utheris Ib. in Cochran-Patrick Coinage I xxxiv.
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