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(Other-,) Othir-, Utherway, adv. Also: uthir(e-, wthere-, wthr-. = Otherwayis, Otherwyse. (Common only in Irland.) — a1400 Leg. S. xiii. 63.
God disponyt vthire-way Thane he cuth othyre do or say 1456 Hay I. 233/30.
Or othir way 1490 Irland Mir. I. 16/17.
And it ples … the lecture of this, he may devid it vthir way in sevin bukis Ib. 66/27.
Be wit and ressoune … and nocht wthere way Id. Asl. MS. I. 8/22.
Vtherway Ib. 19/24. 1676 Inverness Rec. II. 265.
Quhairthrow the inhabitants suffer … quhat by stouth and wthrway
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