A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Obstant, a. [e.m.E. (a 1592), also e.m.E. obstantly adv. (1562), L. obstans pres. p. of obstāre to stand against.] Opposing, resistant, adverse. a. predic. b. attrib.a. 1486 Stirlings of Keir 256.
Gif it happinnys … me … to faylȝhe or be obstant in the fowfylling and completing of the thingis … abown writtin c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus i. 897.
I se thé repugnant To Venus Quene and to hir court obstant Ib. 365.
Obstant [ed. obitant] Id. Seven S. 904.
The grace of God to na man is obstant Ib. 2691.
Ȝow to obey [they] ar euer obstantb. 1513 Doug. xii. ix. 99.
Nother scheild nor obstant plait of steil
c. See also Nocht obstant adv.
