Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

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

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Pere, ? var. of, or ? error for, Pure n. (poor people). — a1400 Leg. S. xxiv. 96.
Ilke day in his house had he Of pure folk fusyt burdis thre & ilke day that oure of nowne To pere hyme-selfwald serue but hone