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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hé, Hee altare, n. Also: altar, alter, altair, autar, auter. [He a. 3 b.] The high, or principal, altar.(a) 1394 Argyll Cart. MS.
The quyt that I … pay apon the he autar of Kylnewire 1433 Maxwell Mem. 163.
In Sanc Nichalace chapale … appone the he autar 1453 Douglas Bequest MS. (Reg. H.).
Lefande the sayd soume of mone … vpon the he altar 1482 Misc. Spald. C. II. 324.
The qwylk mes sall be doyn at owr he auter 1512 Wemyss Chart. 141.
Apon the he alter of the parroch kyrk of Dumfermling 1549 Reg. Episc. Aberd. II. 196.
ij fair courthingis … as afferit for the he altair of our kirk(b) 1422 Stirlings of Keir 208.
In the hee kyrke of Glasgu, apon the hee alter 1481 Antiq. Aberd. & B. II. 329.
In the paroche kyrk … at the hee altar of the samyn 1508 Dunferm. B. Rec. 356.
To the Chaplane of the Rude and our Lady situat at the hee altar 1530 Soc. Ant. II. 391.
Gilbert Robison sall … offer to the hee altar a candill