A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1513, 1640
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]
Amer, Ammer, n. Also: amir, amyr. [ME. aymer (also eymbre, mod. E. ember), OE. ǽmerᵹe or ON. eimyrja.] An ember. Only in plural. — 1513 Doug. vi. iii. 137.
The dry ammeris syne Thai sloknyt 1513 Ib. xi. v. 66.
Thai … scrapis owt atanys The hait amyrris and the byrslyt banys 1640 Baillie I. 255.
The amirs yet seems to smoke
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Amer n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 11 May 2026 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/amer>
This short survey (just 6 taps) will help us improve the site.
