A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1513, 1600
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Snere, Sneer, v.1 [17th c. Eng. sneare (1607), snear (1680). Cf. north. Fris. sneere to scorn.] tr. a. To breathe, snort owt (fire). b. Const. down. To deride, decry. —a. 1513 Doug. vii iv 201.
Twa stern stedis … At thar neys thirlys the fyre fast sneryng [Ruddim. snering, Sm. swermand, Ruthv. swirlling] owt —b. 1600 R. Bruce in Wodrow's Life of Bruce 95.
The truth of my cause cannot be … sneered down
