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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1584-1585
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Surging, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. surging (1566), f. surge v. Cf. Surgie,adj.] fig. Rising or swelling, as in large waves. — a1585 Maitland Quarto MS 200/1.
With siching sad and surging sorrow soir My cairfull corps richt peteouslie opprest
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"Surging ppl. adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 13 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/surging>
