A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Out-,) Outtrance, n. [ME. oultrance (Lydgate), outrance (Hoccleve), outterance (1601), OF. oultrance, outrance (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), going beyond bounds, excess, extremity: cf. Utterance.] Driving to extremity, opprression. —c1552 Lynd. Mon. MS. 94.
Than neid you nocht to dreid the greit outtrance Off innemyis with aufull ordinance a1585 Maitl. Q. xxxviii. 59.
Quhat euer chanche Dois me outtrance Saif fals thinking in sueit dreming
