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: 1420
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(Unswere,) Wnswere, adj. [Swer(e adj.] Willing; active, lively. —c1420 Ratis Raving 1012.
Gyf thow be set to serue a lorde … Be lel, lufand and debonare, Honest, wnswere [etc.] c1420 Ratis Raving 1264.
This eild [sc. from 7 to 15] is thowles and wnswere And ȝarnis play and al blyth chere
