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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Per(e, Peir, Peyr, v.² [Late ME. pere (c 1450), e.m.E. pear(e (1568), peere (1599), aphetic f. Appere v. 1.] intr. a. To come into sight, appear. = Appere v. 1. b. To appear before a court. = Appere v. 1 b.a. a1400 Leg. S. ii. 1059.
Till ȝou one the day can pere … A gret pillere Ib. xxx. 440.
God … Gert til hyme ane angele pere c1475 Wall. xi. 499.
Thus still thai baid quhill day began to peyr Ib. vi. 544.
Per Ib. xi. 438.
Sternys wp peyr began in to thair sychtb. 1456 Peebles B. Rec. I. 114.
The said Wil callit thrys and perit noch a1568 Bann. MS. I. p. 45/21.
The rankest theif of this regioun Dar pertly peir vnto the sessioun 1661 Rothesay Par. Rec. 52.
John Cernegem Elespet N^cKaw both in thes peres for the first tym