A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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To-morow, adv. Also: to-moro(u, to-moru, to(o)-morrow, tomorroy. [ME and e.m.E. to morewe (c1275), tomorwe (1297), to-morȝe (c1380), to moru (Wyclif), to morowe (Caxton), to morrow(e (1600).] Tomorrow, = To-morn(e adv. Cf. Morow n. 2.1513 Doug. iv iii 54.
To morow [Sm., Ruddim. to morrow] c1520-c1535 Nisbet Luke xiii 33.
To moru [W. to morwe, P. to morew] 1557 Inverness Rec. I 15.
This last Munnynday tomorroy 1653–7 Irvine Mun. II 256.
I was ther a night tomoro al day 1664 Wemyss Corr. 111.
To send me ouer to-morou the len of [etc.] 1676 Alyth Par. Ch. 112.
The toun of Alight … to be examined to morou 1683 Laing MSS 430.
Who asks to have me destroyed the day would ask ane other to morou 1685 New Mills Manuf. 109.
Orders a roup too morrow paremptorly at two a cloak 1690 Seafield Corr. 64.
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