A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1567-1590
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Remors(e, -morce, n. [e.m.E. and ME remors (Chaucer), -morce (c1400), OF remors (13th c. in Larousse), late L. remorsus, vbl. n. f. remordēre Remord(e v.]
1. A feeling of compunction for a sin or wrongdoing committed. Also remors of consciens. Also personified. a1568 Scott xix 21.
Exorting Chryst send hir remors Of consciens a1570-86 Arbuthnot Maitland Folio MS 55/8.
Remors for syne is thocht bot fulische feir 1572 Satirical Poems xxxi 38.
For innocents ar murtherit downe, Without remors, in land and townepersonified a1585 Maitland Quarto MS 242/23.
Remors and temperance dois hir accumpanie
b. Cause for such compunction. a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS 426/19.
Gif ȝoue haue no remorce In mynd nor conscience And hes done no offence … suirlie ȝow art fre
2. Compassion. c1590 Fowler I 69/59.
Bot Pittie than did pleade remorse
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Remors n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/remorse>
