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: 1499-1500
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(Sobiring,) Sobering, vbl. n. [Sobir v.] Soothing; tending. —a1500 King Hart 238.
His wound to wesche, in sobering of his sair Bot alwayis as scho castis it to clene His malady incressis
