A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1438-1460, 1513-1598
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Stark ded(e, -deid, adj. and n. [ME and e.m.E. stark ded (a1375); Stark adv. 2.]
A. adj. Quite, utterly dead.?1438 Alex. ii 9253.
Thar war lyand … Mony a persone ill hewit and pale, Stark deid in thair harnes 1460 Hay Alex. 1969.
Stark dede he fell doun at his fute 1513 Doug. xii v 138.
This dart … spaldyt him stark ded apon the grond 1535 Stewart 2425.
Mony war stickit stark deid in that stound 1535 Stewart 56771. 1554 Duncan Laideus Test. 155.
Had the knycht leavit, … Thai had me wirriit stark deid in ane corde
B. noun. Death, emphasising its finality.a1568 Bannatyne MS 243a/10.
For ony mellady ȝe ma ken Except peuir luve or than stark deid Help may be had fra handis of menproverb. a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 818.
There is remeid for all things but stark deid
