A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Standfra(y, adj. [Cf. 17th c. north. Eng. dial. (Yorkshire) stanfra (1683) reserved, haughty. The poem in which the second instance quoted occurs is attributed to Chaucer, the word, and perhaps the whole poem, is, however, perhaps more likely to be Scots.] Aloof; rebellious. —a1500 Henr. Fab. 932.
Angrie, austerne and als vnamyabill To all that standfray ar to myne estait a1568 Bann. MS 263a/8 (attributed to Chaucer).
O stowt stif standfra and vnstable Vnmeik but mesur and malitius [etc.]
