Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

To-kerwe, v. [ME to-keruen (14th c.), OE to-ceorfan; To- prefix² and Kerve v.] tr. To cut to pieces. —a1500 Lanc. 867.
His suerd atwo the helmys al to-kerwith