A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1456-1460, 1513-1538
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
(Umbedraw,) Umbdraw, Unbedraw, v. P.t. um-, wmbedrew. [Um- or Un- prefix and Bydraw or Draw v.] reflex. and intr. To withdraw (oneself), retreat. = Onbydraw v. —reflex. 1456 Hay I 53/2.
Thai war fayn on bathe the parties to unbedraw thame agayne to thair pavilliones and tentis 1460 Hay Alex. 5968.
With that King Dare began him till vmbdraw 1460 Hay Alex. 16956.
Thai thame vmbedrew in that maner a1538 Abell 63a.
Thai wmbedrew thame to ane hil beside —intr. 1513 Doug. xii Prol. 6 (Ruddim.).
Mars vmbedrew [C., Sm. onbydrew] for all his grundin glaue
