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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Outgane, p.p. Also oute- and -gain(e, -gayne. Also: Outgone. [Ga v. 6 d (p.p. gane etc.). Also in the mod. dial.] Of a period of time or (chiefly) a person's or animal's age: Past; ‘gone’ = ‘and more’, fully. a1400 Leg. S. xlii. 302.
& eftir be a ȝere wes ovtgane That Agatha the ded had tane 1424 Acts II. 7/2.
Quhill at the leist thai [horses] be thre ȝere of elde oute gane 1532 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 122.
And specially quhar he sauld ane hors for twa yeiris auld and he vas thre outgane 1549 Prot. Bk. Sir A. Gaw 6.
Thre stottis of ȝeir aldis outgane and ane beld stot of ii ȝeir ald 1552 Dundee B. Ct. II. 162 (17 June).
For thre ȝeris alanerlye of the quhilk thare is ane ȝeir outgane 1565 Kinnaird Farm Bk. 32 b.
Stottis of tway ȝeir auld outgain 1564–75 Hamilton & Campsie Test. I. 31.
Thre beistis ane ȝeir auld outgayne 1576 Edinb. Test. IV. 246; etc.
Outgane 1611 Dunblane Test. III. 137 b. 1627 Brechin Test. IV. 270 b.
Outgaine 1673 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds II. 475 (30 March).
[3 three year old stots] outgaine at May last