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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1375, 1475-1623
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Ourhy(e, v. [North. ME. aure-hie (c 1420); cf. Overhy(e v.] 1. To overtake, catch.1375 Barb. vi. 598.
[They] followit hym so spedely, That thai him weill soyn can our-hy 1375 Ib. iii. 737. c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace iv. 81.
Be est Cathcart he our-hyede thaim agayne c1475 Ib. v. 943. 1540 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 223.
James Saltoun chassit Thome Nycholl ky … and quhen he ourtuk thaim he straik thaim realy, and quhen he coucht nocht ourhy thaim he [etc.] 1591-2 Rob Stene 11.
We ar bot deid gif thay ourhy ws 1591-2 Ib. 14.
Thay war ourhyit
2. To overcome, defeat. Cf. Overhale v. 2.a1500 Peblis to Play 146.
He gaif ane schout, his wyff come out, Scantlie scho micht our hy him 1581-1623 James VI Poems II. 123/35.
Thus crakkit ye … As Dares did quhenas he did ourhye Eneas court, nor could not find a man That matche him durst
