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: 1499-1599
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Counter, -ir, v. Also: cownter. [ME. counter, countre (early 14th c.). Cf. Conter v.] intr. and tr. To encounter.a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 872.
Thow art ane Sarazine, … For to confound our Cristin men that counteris sa kene a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 2607.
He … cownterit with esquyris hath so 1535 Stewart 59445.
He counterit him vpoun ane cursoure wycht 15.. Clariodus ii. 1246.
He counterit with ane knicht ay of the best 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 9293.
In battell we mon fecht. To counter him be my hand I haue hecht a1568 Scott ii. 37.
Sym … hecht he sowld be hittin, And he micht counter Will on hors
