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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1471-1549
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Star(e, n.3 [ME and e.m.E. star (Havelok), starre (1322), stare (Prompt. Parv.), stair (a1550), ON stǫr bent-grass, sedge.] a. Sedge, bent or other coarse grass. b. ? Land covered with sedges, etc.; marshy ground. Also attrib. with myr. —a. 1513 Doug. vi vi 68.
Owtour the flude … scho brocht baith prophetes and man And furth thame set amyd the fowl glar, Amang the fawch ryspys harsk and star —b. 1471 Acts Lords Auditors 18/2.
Walter Olifant … sall devoide & red to Henry Malevile … the landis callit the comon & star of Kelle —attrib. 1549 Protocol Book of Sir John Cristisone 101.
Fra thyne … ascendan … to ane brig in ane myr callit the brig of the stare myr
