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: 1460-1500, 1581-1623
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Ure, n.2 [Late ME and e.m.E. (to put in) vre (Lydgate), AF *eure, OF uevre, e(u)vre (13th c.), F. oeuvre.]
1. To put in ure. a. With non-material object: To apply, put into operation. b. With human object: To substitute (one for another).a. a1585 Maitland Quarto MS 243/5.
The proverb auld I put in vre Quhen stead is stollin then steik the stable dure a1585 Maitland Quarto MS 257/9.
Maistres Marie maik I pray & put in vre ȝour worthie vertewis allb. 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 27/173.
For Clio ye put Thais vyle in vre [F. Vous faites de Clion vne Thais impure]; For Helicon a bordell
2. ? Force, might, strength.For K. Hart quot. cf. also note in The Shorter Poems of Gavin Douglas (ed. P. Bawcutt) STS iv 3, p. 216.1460 Hay Alex. 2175.
King Philip come fast rinnand … with ane drawin sworde in hand, And till Alexander schupe with all his vre a1500 King Hart 2.
King Hart, in to his cumlie castell strang Closit about with craft and meikill vre
