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

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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Ourheld(e, Our(e)heild, v. [Var. (only in Doug.) of Ourhele v.; cf. Held(e v.2] tr. To cover over; also absol.1513 Doug. iii. i. 86.
Polidorus heir I ly … Apon sik wys ourheildit [Ruddim. ouerheildit] on this mote Ib. iv. 57.
Thai … vnder the gers … thar targis al ourheildis [Ruddim. oure heildis] Ib. vi. iii. 73.
That rych branch the grond ourheildis [Ruddim. ouerheldis] Ib. vii. Prol. 38, xiii. 86, viii. ii. 66, ix. 105, x. iv. 114. Ib. xii. Prol. 46.
Moich hailsum stovis ourheildand the slakabsol. 1513 Doug. i. iv. 17.
A wod abufe ourheldis [Ruddim. ourheildis] with his rank bewis

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