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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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UPRISE, v. Also op- (Sh.). As in Eng., to rise up, get up in the morning. Pa.t. uprase (Sc. 1819 Scots Mag. (June) 526), -raise (Abd. 1828 P. Buchan Ballads II. 131). Sh. usage in vbl.n. uprisin, a removal from a house (Sh. 1973).Sh. 1898 Shetland News (9 April):
Dey said hit wis da wife, Meggy, at wis ta wyte for dat oprisin'.m.Sc. 1991 Tom Scott in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 41:
Keepan me spreadeaglet on the heather
Helpless, in a swither,
Owre forfochen, daurs me to be uprisan,
