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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1584-1661
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Sore, v. Also: soir(e, soare. [ME and e.m.E. sore (Chaucer), soore (1530), soare (1581), F. essorer (c1175 in Larousse).] a. Of birds; To soar, fly upwards. b. fig. Of persons: To ascend, to move or aspire upwards, in terms of success, etc. —a. 1513 Doug. v ix 48.
The dow … with hir weyngis sorand monyfald 1513 Doug. xii v 63.
Jovis fowle, the ern, com sorand by 1622-6 Bisset I 21/10.
If no eagill evir soreth hyer —b. a1585 Maitland Quarto MS 43/21.
That tyme thair wes bot ane Pilat Now is thair ma nor fiftie scoir … Sa fast into this warld thay soir a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 185 (W).
Bot had I ryplie bene aduysit, I had not raschelie interprysit, To soire [Wr. soare, L. flie] with borrowit pennis 1661 Laing MSS I 283.
That gentillman sores werry high, as I hear, bot may be hee light low
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