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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1420, 1545

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Contrer(e, a. [Cf. Contrern.] = Contrar(e a. —c1420 Wynt. iv. 1382.
He thoucht … For till hawe wonnyn thame wyth were, Set all thare willys had bene contrere 1545 Bk. Carlaverock II. 31.
One thing that mycht be plesur to his grace that war nocht contrer the weil of ȝour realm

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