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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1505, 1572-1575
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Our-rid(e, Our(e)ryd(e, v. P.t. our(e)-rad(e, -raid(e, -rayde. P.p. our(e)-rid(d)in. [Sc. var. of Over-ride v.] tr.
1. To ride over and harry (a territory). 1375 Barb. v. 471 (E).
Thai durst nocht ȝeit tak on hand Till our-rid the land planly 1375 Ib. xiii. 736.
Our-raid c1420 Wynt. iv. 528 (see Our-riot v.). c1420 Wynt. iv. 2201 (C).
Our rayde c1420 Ib. viii. 7056.
Ourraide 1456 Hay I. 164/24.
Gif I … under thai trewis tuke a castell … or ellis our raid his landis, and destroyit or dispoilit thame c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 18394 (see Ourtred v.).
Ourerade (p.t.)
b. To trample down (crops) by riding through. 1505 Treasurer's Accounts III. 153.
For the prisit corn the King ourraid at halking, xiiij s.
2. a. To overtake by riding faster. b. To attack by riding through or among. 1375 Barb. xii. 548 (E).
For thar fayis … on stedis … Come prikand as thai wald our rid The erle and all his cumpany c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 1365.
Thay … Thinkand for till oureryde the first battall And of the laif to tak baith will and wale c1460 Ib. 2610.
Thame thocht to gif fare language les than noyit Na for to be oureriddin and destroyit a1500 King Hart 228.
The greitest of thair ost scho can our-ryde 1572-5 Diurnal of Occurrents 45.
The lord Gray … ordaynit to have ourridin the wangaird of the Scottis
3. To mount (a woman). a1500 Peblis to Play 76.
Ȝon man will nocht ourryd ȝow
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