A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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Unourcumyne, p.p. [ME and e.m.E. vnouercomen (Wyclif), vnouercomyn (1434); Ourcum v.] Not overcome, unvanquished. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xxii 374.
Thane Decius … Thame commawndit … to dyng hym fast, Bot vnourcumyne he can ay last
