A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rer(e)-sup(p)er, Reir-supper, -ar, n. (ME and e.m.E. rere soper (Manning), -souper (Gower), ‘a supper (usually of a sumptuous nature) following upon the usual evening meal, and thus coming very late at night, (OED).) —c1460 Dietary 50.
Be war with reirsuppers [Makc. rersuper[s]; Bann. reresupparis] & of gret exces a1500 K. Hart 913.
Rere supper … hes hinderit me of mony dyne
