DSL - DOST   Of, Off, prep. Also: ofe, offe, and AF. [ME. and e.m.E. of, ME. (Orm and c 1400) and e.m.E. off, OE. of: cf. the adv. Cf. also A prep. and O prep.¹]
    The most common spelling at all dates (and in nearly all texts) is of. The spelling off occurs also throughout the period in most or all senses and is rather common in certain early texts.
    While the following illustrates the principal uses of this prep., no attempt has been made to list or classify all the innumerable verbs and adjs. which might be construed with of. These must be sought under the individual words themselves, where it will also appear which other preps. shared the functions of of.
    See also, for further examples of various uses of of, the compounds here-of, quhare-of, thare-of and, s.v. the pronouns, of the quhilk and of the samin.
    1. Expressing motion or direction from: From, away from, up or down from, out of, off.
    Also with various advs., as doun of, furth of, of (aff) of, out of, etc., for which see the advs. Also from of (= from). (1) Ane rose of his chaplet Wes faldyn; Barb. xi. 546. & the skyne of hyme be flayne thare; Leg. S. ix. 290. Ib. i. 32, iii. 253, 755, etc. He put him sone of his awne clething; Troy-bk. ii. 2512. All suddanly the hede can [he] tak Baith of the knycht and of the steid; Alex. i. 1221. The ladeis saw him of the tour; Ib. ii. 6338. Gol. & Gaw. 224. Ib. 706. How a Wallace suld putt thame of Scotland; Wall. i. 352. The King off Ingland come In Cvmyrland of Pumfrat fro his home; Ib. vii. 8. Seven S. 674. Doug. ii. iii. 4. 1530 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 37. For taking of the mytar of the armes; 1547 Treas. Acc. IX. 126. Some of the bulletis rebowndis of the calsey; Bann. Memor. 237. The schering of thair cornis of the grund & winning thairof; 1578 Acts III. 103/2. 1596 Black Bk. Taymouth 419. The heavie burdenes ... made sixteen families ... remove of the place ... being brock; 1692 Conv. Burghs IV. 663. (b) Then off his hand the brydill yhed; Barb. ii. 425. Ib. iii. 231. Wynt. v. 2168. Wall. iii. 223. Cum doun off jugement owt of the bar; 1533 Dumfries B. Ct. 136 b. 1553 Knox III. 372. The said Mr. Rot. Bruce commandit off the countrie; Birrel Diary 51. Maney of the barrons ... wer gone offe the toune; Balfour Ann. IV. 248. I will flyte her off the causey; 1667 R. Moray Lett. 24 Apr. None of them should go off the place; 1676 McCrie Memoirs of Veitch (1825) 496. 1693 Glasgow Wrights Acts 17. (2) The oyll ... ye must straik your haill bodie thairwith eftir ye com from of the bath; 16.. Adv. MS. 22.2.11, 4th last p.
    2. Expressing the position reached by motion from or separation or distance from: Away from, out of, off, not in or on.
    Also, to seaward of.
    For south of, este of, etc., see these words. (1) Gyf ony of thaim happins to be off the cuntre or ... mone nedways pas of the cuntre; 1453 14th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. iii. 9. And hald thame at thair previe labouris of the gait within thair houssis; 1513 (c 1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I. 144. 1569 St. A. Kirk S. 331. Lying not far of the town; Buch. Wr. 45. William Bannatin ... thairefter wes hading of the said Thomas; 1581 Lanark B. Rec. 82. Becawse if they [calves] sowke longer they becomme so browden that they cannot be haldin of the paipe; Skene Agric. MS. (2) The roks lay off the land; Montg. Misc. P. xlviii. 156.
    3. In non-material applications: Expressing removal, departure or exclusion from, a condition or state.
    Rare after the early 16th c. Gud is we pas of thar daunger; Barb. ii. 435. Ib. xvi. 251. & the angel ... Vpe in hewyne of thare sicht flaw; Leg. S. ix. 238. & now has put bath ofe lyf Fadir & modir; Ib. xxv. 358. Scho ... saw a dragon ... sa vgly That of wit scho wes wel nere; Ib. xxviii. 411. Ib. iii. 313; etc. Alex. i. 700. Saynct Jerome Translated the bybill off Hebrwe; Wynt. v. 3573. He mone pas of this varlde; Wisd. Sol. (S.T.S.) 315. All sik folyis ... castis men of Goddis grace; Hay II. 64/10. Yone bald berne that broght me of bandis; Gol. & Gaw. 1316. Jelousie wes never of his presence; K. Hart 810. Seven S. 1263. Affrayit I glystnyt of sleip; Doug. ii. vi. 8. The thral [longs] tobe of thrillage; Ib. viii. Prol. 38. George Wemys of Lorimaris brefe; 1518 Fife Sheriff Ct. 97. 1516 Ib. 40. 1520 Ib. 168. That both the King and Queen behoved to be killed and put off the way; Scot Staggering State 90.
    b. = Beyond, more than.
    In of mesure, immeasurably, of all thing, before all else, especially. Gret dout That garris al thy spretis ... bow for radnes of mesure; Ratis R. 811. And of all thing quhen he is before his inymyes; Hay I. 300/26.
    4. After verbs (also verbal nouns and nouns of action) or adjs. of privative sense, of disposal or of cessation.
    For to let (= hinder) someone or something of an aim or purpose, see LET v. 1 d. For examples with the adjs. bare, clene, nakit, quite, see these words. (1) [They] war woydyt off cowardy; Barb. i. 26. How Inglis men ... Dysherysys me off my land; Ib. ii. 101. Off his land ... disponyt he; Ib. xix. 114 (E). Quhen the feynd ... Had depriwit hyme wikitly Of sic ioy & of sic welth; Leg. S. xxviii. 197. Fasting ... may deliuer thé of ... pane; Irland Asl. MS. I. 40/18. Wnredemyt or lowsit of the forsaidis landis; 1496 Lennox Mun. 161. They temit thaim off schot; Dunb. xxvi. 64 (M). Lynd. Dreme 941. Stewart 41224. Neuir intendand to clenge thair handis of the kirk rentis; Win

et I. 8/30. Thair native ships ... wer refuised of kettell fisch; 1629 Conv. Burghs III. 291. (2) He of hys purpos walde sese; Troy-bk. ii. 1509. Wall. viii. 532. Full oft I blenk by my buke & blynis of deuotioun; Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 428. Doug. xii. xiii. 23. The faderis ... ceissit of thare gude dedis done to the smal pepill; Bell. Livy I. 164/19. (3) Thair capitane War couerit of his mekill ill; Barb. ix. 61. (4) Off euery wo the werray deliuerans; Contempl. Sinn. 937.
    5. Of birth, descent or origin from a certain parentage, race, place, etc: From or of.
    In constructions with verbs. For constructions with nouns, see next sense.
    For further examples see BERE v. 7 (c), CUM v. 7 and 8, DESCEND v. 2, etc. He speryt ... of quhat kyn Scho wes of; Leg. S. xxviii. 153. Johne is anerly Borne of woman thru get kindly; Ib. xxxvi. 186. Dunb. xxxiii. 32. Quha war procedit of sobir blude; Boece vi. ii. 187 b.
    b. Indicating the derivation of a name. --- Of this margarit the name Of Margaret ma wele be tane; Leg. S. xxviii. 21. Hybernia thai callyd it syne Off this Hiberus; Wynt. ii. 764.
    6. a. Connecting a personal noun or pronoun with a following noun of place, indicating origin from, situation at or in, or the fact of belonging to, the place. (1) The pure folk off thys countre; Barb. iv. 343 (E). Thaim that war off the castell; Ib. v. 348. Yrysch off Yrland callyd ar thai; Wynt. ii. 794. Thai off Rome; Ib. iv. 2035. Adoue deir hart Of Aberdene; ? a 1510 Aberd. Univ. Review XXXVI. i. 43. The auld innimys of Ingland; 1517 Reg. Privy S. I. 447/1. All the tennandis of Quodquen; 1523 Carnwath Baron Ct. (ed.) 2. All the nobilitie of Scotland; Dalr. II. 3/9. The serwant woman off the house; 1633 Orkney Witch Trial in Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. V. 545. (2) Dauid Noble Thomas of Chilton of Lythcu Walter of Tulach and Andreu Pantere of Monros burges; 1402 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 56. Blac Annes of Dunbar; Liber Plusc. 284.
    b. Connecting a Christian name and a place-name serving as a surname.
    The usage with of, appar. regular in the earliest records, becomes decreasingly common in the second half of the 15th c., and by c 1530 had appar. been totally superseded by the usage with ellipsis of of. Jone Prymros Jone of Scone and Jone Skuyere masonys; 1387 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 11. Betuixt Alexander of Irwyne lord of the Droum ... and John Moigne lord of the Park of the Droum; 1388 Ib. No. 13. 1388 Ib. No. 14. 1408 Ib. No. 69. Wylle Rede ... , John of Stanus ... , James the Waiche; 1462 Peebles B. Rec. I. 147. Anentis Jok of Galstoun; 1472-3 Prestwick B. Rec. 21. 1483 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 39. 1487 Dunferm. B. Rec. I. 3. 1488 Ib. 5; etc. 1494 Peebles B. Rec. I. 195, etc. Wmquhill George of Crichetoun of Breder toune; 1521 Stirling B. Rec. I. 11. c 1523 Prestwick B. Rec. 51. 1527 Stirling B. Rec. I. 30.
    c. Connecting a personal noun with a following noun of family or race or of rank or station. (1) That barny Of thame of Inde and of Baudare; Alex. ii. 3393. Thir ar his Irland kingis of the Irischerye; Howlat 801. Tubernafeyne of the grett or kemppis men callit Fenis; c 1500 Rec. Kinloss Mon. 113. The stalwart Camylla Of the famyll and kynrent of Volsca; Doug. xi. viii. 136. After them succeeded uthirs of uther races; c 1641-54 J. Gordon in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II. 517. (2) Ilke man duelland in the burgh of wateuer state or conditioun that he be of; 1412 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 389. Off quhat stait, man, that thow be, Obey and thank thi God of all; Henr. III. 126/7.
    7. In titles and territorial designations of persons.
    See also ILK a.¹ 2 b for examples with that word.
    a. In titles.
    See also the various nouns of title, as countes, duke, erle, governour, gudeman, king, lady, lard, lord, quene, etc.
    b. Following a noun of office or function: Having rule over or charge of. (1) King Robert off Scotland; Barb. i. 27. Maystir Dunckane Petyte ersdene of Murrefe; 1385 Red Bk. Grandtully I. 138*. Of gude memore Dauid King qwhilom of Scotland; 1389 Liber Melros 449. Celestyne Pape off Rome; Wynt. v. 4129. The Byschape off Glasgw, Robert; Ib. viii. 1910. Johnne Dowglas ... proveist of Hadingtoun; 1574 Conv. Burghs I. 31. The mightie lord of heaven; Jok Uplandis Newis 16. The minister off Ham; 1642 Orkney Rentals iii. 16. James Gordoun fear off Terpersie; 1644 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. III. 26. (2) Schyr Robert ... that than was Marschell off all the ost; Barb. xi. 456 (E). Hyr spouse syne of that stede Ves mad bischope; Leg. S. vi. 190. A mayster of a schip; Bute MS. 172. Maister of vther ... lord of all; Alex. (Taym.) 1808, 9. To the isschares of the haw dure; 1490 Treas. Acc. I. 174. Makand the sade Robert and his ayris ballies of all ... the landis; 1508 Reg. Privy S. I. 251/2. Saturn and Jubiter ... goddis of the aire ... and Mars god of batell; Asl. MS. I. 324/18, 19. The deakin of the craft; 1593 St. A. Baxter Bks. 51. Sir Jon Falconer, master of his majesties mint; 1662 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. I. 235.
    c. Indicating that the person named is proprietor or principal tenant of the place, in contradistinction to in, which = resident in: see IN prep. 1 (2) in Additions and Corrections, vol. III. Robyn Jonson of Balligyrnach; 1386 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 8 (i). c 1400 Ib. No. 51. 1466 Acta Aud. 3/2. Dunb. iv. 63. Dauid Balfour of Caraldstoune [etc.] ... , Johnne Thomsone in Anstrothir, ... Johnne

oung in Halhill; 1516 Fife Sheriff Ct. 32, 33. 1519-20 Stirling B. Rec. I. 2. James of Schaw of Salky, knycht; 1521 Ib. 10. Wyl

ame Wyle ... & Jhone Wyle in Monktoun ... , ... Dauid Blair of Adamtoun; 1544 Prestwick B. Rec. 59. Pitsc. I. 2/4, 6, etc. Spalding I. 48. In presence of ... William Dallas of Cantrey [etc.] ... and David Smith and Johne Weir in Auldern; 1662 Crim. Trials III. 602.
8. Connecting a non-personal noun with a following noun of place: That is situated or exists in or at or takes place in or belongs to.
Passing into next sense. He ... left the grun

e of Spain

e On northalff him; Barb. xx. 324 (E). In the marches of Calde; Alex. ii. 184. At the inganging of the forrest; Ib. 4411. The body off hys kyrk ... he gert be byggyt welle; Wynt. vii. 3372. The inwart off the kynryk; Ib. viii. 5867. The wattyr off Ilé; Ib. ix. 1544. Thow suld ... frequent the materiall kirk ... of the parrochin that thow art of; Irland Asl. MS. I. 48/24. The justice are of Perth; 1498-9 Acta Conc. MS. VIII. 156 b. The granale of Driburgh; 1518 Acta Conc. & Sess. MS. XXXI. 109. The bak of the halter of the Kingis grace chapell; 1538 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I. 226. Ane dueiling hous of the said Oliuer land; 1569 Canongate Ct. Bk. 124. There is a place of the sea close upon the Mule; 16.. Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. III. 196. The ship called the Providence off Dysert; 1675 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS. 16 Oct. Benorth the stair of the peice land called the Baik-hous; 1677 Elgin Rec. I. 322.
    9. Belonging or pertaining to. a. As an integral part, an appurtenance or a possession (= the `possessive genitive').
    Esp. where the possessor is a person or animal or a space of time, this relation may also be expressed by the possess. case.
    For further examples of of it and of mine, see these words. (1) Handis of men; Leg. S. xxxiii. 400. The kelchin of ... the King; Acts I. 300/3. For honowre off hys modyr; Wynt. ii. 760. Off Saynct Petyr the fest; Ib. v. 4126. The aieris of sumtyme Thomas Peresoun; 1466 Acta Aud. 5/1. The persons of thare seruandis; 1466 Acts II. 85/2. The just blude of Christ Jesus; Lynd. Mon. 4076. We fychtand ... as trew knychtis of Christ Jesu; Hamilton Cat. 267. The wryting chalmer of Adame Lawtie; 1618 Writers Signet xliii. (2) For to kepe the comone profite of the tovne; 1412 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 389. To the kirk werk of Pertht; 1489 Treas. Acc. I. 121. Thai cled thame with levis of the fege tre; Irland Mir. I. 78/10. Comfort & plesance be the enemy Off this dedlie passioun malancoly; Bk. Chess 14. vj^c keling salt, price of the hunder iiij li.v s.; 1513 Treas. Acc. IV. 492. Fowir galds ... for the hyngars of the bedds; 1530 Balmerino & L. Chart. 33. Fortye pundis gud and vsuall mony off this relme; 1543 Carte Northberwic 64. The glaid solemniteis off the blyssit natiuitie [etc.]; Win

et I. 2/19. Payment of the dewties off the hospitall; 1578 Perth Kirk S. MS. 31 Mar. The croun of Ingland; Dalr. II. 3/5. (3) Thir ar the namys of thaim; 1428 Liber Melros II. 520. He sal assyth to the kyn of hym slayn; Acts I. 8/2. To byg ... the said dam and the lade of it sal ryn [etc.]; 1470 Yester Wr. 69. Henr. III. 156/8. For saik of thé; K. Hart 473. The takle of hir [a ship]; Harl. MS. 4700 148 b. Baith cors and spreit Of me; Doug. iv. i. 49. Ib. xi. 33. In the bosumis of thaim mony wayis deirbelufit; Win

et I. 10/6. The kinne of that; Montg. Flyt. 462 (H). In the handis of us conotaris wndirwretin; 1598 Prot. Bk. T. Auchinlek 67. That a guiltie conscience bleaks the selfe of it; 1665 Dunkeld Presb. II. 62. Take off the scab of the wamb of it; 1691 Continuation Historical Relation Late General Assembly 45. With all the laich housses ... & yairds of the samen; 1696 Cullen B. Rec. 16 Apr. (4) A salt pan of thaire awne; 1428 Wemyss Chart. 56. 1456 Peebles B. Rec. I. 118. Ane man of Odoneillis of Irland; 1508 Treas. Acc. IV. 135. This navy of

owris; Doug. iii. ix. 114. This ilk town of thyne; Ib. xiii. x. 91. 1549 Treas. Acc. IX. 327. Ane kow of his; 1581 Lanark B. Rec. 81. Ane man off my awin; 1614 Highland P. III. 171.
b. As an attribute or quality. Quhar na man dare repayre ... For het off swn; Wynt. i. 1174. In the flurising

outheid of thé; Fifteen Ois 37. The honour of knychthede; Hay II. 51/19. Throuch bewte off that brycht; Wall. v. 607. The dynnyng of hir wanton cry; Doug. xii. Prol. 301. Febilnes of body; Arundel MS. 239/33. Fowler II. 135/33, 34. The liberalitie of the kingis; Bisset II. 110/1. The ... liberty of the subject; 1675 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. IV. 444.
10. Indicating the source from which an action is directed or something proceeds: From. Knychtis that come of fer countre; Barb. xx. 357. Leg. S. xxviii. 14. Seuin thousand ... Of syde come shutand on thame; Alex. i. 1624. A secrete letter ... of ane of his maist speciale frendis; Hay I. 63/31. In the ... drawin blude violently of our souuerain lordis seriand; 1479 Acta Conc. I. 32/1. Bernardus 18. Irland Mir. I. 81/16. Of hir breist thir wordis warpis in hy; Doug. vii. v. 23. 1539 Treas. Acc. VII. 48. Quhill he gat wind of the southeist; Lynd. Meldrum 707. Ib. 725. Of Louane the vii day of October; Win

et I. 63/19. Quha schot him of the bischoppis stair In Lythgow; 1570 Sat. P. xv. 77. To take 4 fingers and a thumb off your haffet; 1658 R. Moray Lett. 12 Apr. Saw of the linkes wheir Pinky field was fought; 1668 Lauder Jrnl. 190.
    b. Indicating a personal or non-personal source, repository or store from which a thing is taken, given, derived, obtained, requested or hoped for: From.
    To hold (land etc.) of a superior, see HALD v. 6.
    To take (something) of one's hand, = from one: see also HAND n. 2 c in Additions and Corrections, vol. III. (1) [He] resawit of the King the toun; Barb. xvii. 223 (E). Nane pundys sal be tane of nouther syde; 1386 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 9. Gyf yhe will ony tendirnes of vs; c 1390 Ib. No. 20. His sone ... That scho consaved of Hector; Troy-bk. ii. 2723. We sall neuer of thy mouth heir Judgement; Alex. i. 929. Of me gettis thou na more; Gol. & Gaw. 1049. 1483 Acta Aud. 135*/1. I ... can of

ow get confort nane; Dunb. lxxv. 5. 1579 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 116. The gairdner to haue ane shilling of everie ene; 1668 Edinb. Surgeons II. 27. (b) Als frely ... as ony officiare beris office off ws or off owris; 1425 Reg. Great S. 11/1. `Langage off thé,' the Bruce said, `I desyr'; Wall. x. 449. Dunb. xxviii. 33. That Woll Jak tuk the ox off the man; 1523-4 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 71. (2) He wald I gaf hir of my hand At the kirk dure; Seven S. 2454. Montg. Flyt. 448 (T). (3) Effesoun is ane fair cite That ... Of thair mother syde thame falles; Alex. ii. 185. Twenty punde of vsuale money ... of the pension of a hundre punde; 1406 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 63. The annuellis aucht to the Kingis grace of the landis of Kyncavill; 1508 Reg. Privy S. I. 263/1. Six chalders to be takin of the granale; 1518 Acta Conc. & Sess. MS. XXXI. 109. Of the Kirk rentis I had neuir my leuing; Win

et I. 62/28. A braid buird ye tak it of; Carmichael Prov. No. 15. Sarie follie lat the laird cut of the roist; Ib. No. 1328. Which he had given of his own purse; 1656 Boharm Kirk S. 29 Apr. Dyvers taken of the streets; 16.. R. Gordon in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II. 395. I lent of it to Mat. Patieson, 12 s.; 1682 Cunningham Diary 22. (b) Tyger ... and Ewfrates Off Armeny thai tak thair res; Wynt. i. 154. Ib. 159, viii. 3995, 6. We may get meit off bestiall in this land; Wall. vi. 683.
    11. Indicating a personal or non-personal source which gives rise to an action, event, situation, institution, feeling, etc. Oftsis of ane vord may ris Discomfort; Barb. xi. 487. Leg. S. vi. 171, 3, 4. Ib. vii. 592. Great ill fallis of villanes speik And gude of courtes and of meik; Alex. ii. 2639, 40. Off Japhet ... Fyrst come knychtys dignite; Wynt. i. 498. That bataill cummys of rycht and of Goddis lawe; Hay I. 101/18. Lufe is ... engendryt of heyt; Doug. iv. Prol. 114. That thair may be na witnessing that the same cumis of me; 1568 Q. Mary in Facs. Nat. MSS. III. lviii. All the doctrine rysis of the wordis; Rollock Wks. I. 318. Nathir only of nature hes this dog this ingine, bot rathir of man; Dalr. I. 21/17. Mure Early Misc. P. xix. 14. To proceede onlie of love of ease; Calderwood VII. 357.
    b. Indicating a source of inspiration. All his ost tuk off him hardiment; Wall. viii. 218. Ib. x. 93.
    12. Indicating what directs, motivates, inspires or instigates an action. Tak him as off thine awyne heid; Barb. ii. 121. Leg. S. xxviii. 183. That he wald deyhgne hym off his grace ... In thir injwrys to set remede; Wynt. viii. 2374. Of his aune verray fre wil; 1472 (1476) Reg. Great S. 257/2. For off inwy was few thar at itwyst; Wall. x. 95. Thow carpis of cowardise; Rolland Ct. Venus i. 479. The leame pot quhilk can do na thing of itself; 1563 Misc. Wodrow Soc. 214. To ... confirme the athe ... offe compulsioune; Dalr. II. 3/11. I ... spak to him of my awin heid; c 1595 Maxwell Mem. II. 179. Ane tabill set befoir the pulpit of purpoiss; 1643 Sc. N. & Q. 2 Ser. II. 3.
    b. By, in accordance with (a command or injunction, the law, another's consent, etc.). The quhilk recompens was maid of the special commande of the King; 1473 Treas. Acc. I. 67. The sade Thomas occupyit the sade mansione of tolerance of the sade Symon; 1496 Acta Conc. II. 34. Of commoun la All mensworne folk man cum to me; Dunb. xxxiv. 99. 1569 Canongate Ct. Bk. 93. Thomas Fischer ... as owerisman, chossin of consent of baith the saidis parteis; 1601 Conv. Burghs II. 112.
    c. Indicating logical derivation. Followis of this that [etc.]; Dalr. I. 5/17.
    13. Indicating a cause, reason, ground or basis: Because of, as a result of, on account of, by.
    With many verbs, nouns and adjs. of praise, blame, pardon, thanks, requital, complaint, pride, shame, wonder, amusement, pleasure, distress, etc., as love, wyte, apardoun, thank, quite, mervail, like, fain, glad, sary, etc., qq.v. for examples. (a) Of that ferly dame Fesonas leuch; Alex. ii. 9657. Ib. 9637. Men lufys nocht for the gyrthis the wyne Na full men of thar cleithinge fyne; Thewis Wysmen (S.T.S.) 118. He all stuneist of that stound; Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 340 (M). So loud of cair the commoun bell sould clynk; Id. Flyt. 16. Al war lyk to cleiue of lauchter; Dalr. II. 125/24. Sorrow fal the ghest the house is the war of; Carmichael Prov. No. 1383. Mr. Whyte hes keeped in of the gout; 1643 Baillie II. 108. (b) Bot gyff it fall off rycht to me; Barb. i. 159. Sik ... drink as thir natiouns haue plesure off; Dalr. I. 17/6.
    b. Indicating the unit on which a payment is levied.
    Freq. with ellipsis of the verb of exaction or payment. Of ilk otyr skyn a halfpeny; Acts I. 303/2. Thair sould be vplifted ane certain tax ... of all schippes and boites entering thairin; 1428 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 3. Of ilk tun, of friemen iiij d. and of strangers and vnfriemen viij d.; Ib.; etc. 1482 Ib. 44. 1500 Ib. 242. Four pennies of ilk bot ankoraige silver; 1632 Milne-Home MSS. 199.
    c. ?In payment for.

e may get ... Thrie thowsand nobillis of the rois Of me and of my companie; Lynd. Meldrum 791.
    14. Indicating the agent or doer of an action (the `subjective genitive').
    a. After passive verbs, p.p.s and predicative adjs.: By. b. After vbl. n.s and nouns of action: On the part of. a. (1) Thi godis ... Ar mad bot of handis of men; Leg. S. xxxiii. 400. It suld in the se ... Be etyne of fel bestis thare; Ib. xxxvii. 371. That scho be vnskathit of him in tyme tocum; 1466 Acta Aud. 5/1. Irland Mir. II. 105/19. Of hir awin hand slaine; Clar. v. 86. Lauder Minor P. ii. 78. Thir vordes ar pronuncit of ane preist; Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. 133/19. (b) The pure folk ... Ar chargit apon gret maner Off ws, that idill lyis her; Barb. iv. 345 (E). Inspyryd off God, ansuere he gat; Wynt. v. 688. Accumpanyitt off ribbellis; Chron. Kings 31. Being craved off umquhill Thomas Gadderer off som moneys for [etc.]; 1646 Elgin Rec. II. 357. (2) The said James salbe harmeles & scathles of thaim; 1483 Acta Aud. 135*/1. Thai being suspect persons of the law; 1500 Acta Conc. II. 433. 1521 Stirling B. Rec. I. 11. b. (1) Thru flatry Of kerlyngis; Leg. S. xxx. 21. Ib. i. 214. Bying of merchandis of strangis men; Burgh Laws c. 13 (A). A day betuix the sone rising & the ganging to off that ilke; 1462 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 368. Now am I caus of all the peresing Off all this pepill and of the nobill king; Alex. (Taym.) 3587. For rerd of thé and rattling of thy butis; Dunb. Flyt. 230. Id. xliv. 4. Bot ony decreit or inquisitioun of thair peiris; Pitsc. I. 27/11. The deces of the said David; 1595 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 63. Withe the print of a key weill brunt on thy browes; Montg. Flyt. 103 (H). The 83 act of the saxt parliament; 1631 Justiciary Cases I. 187. (2) The blissit bischop ... kithis daily ma miraklis than evir was sene of ony othir sanct; Bell. Boece II. 118.
    15. Indicating a material agency or cause. Bannokburne that sa cummyrsum was Of slyk; Barb. xiii. 351. Of giltyn geir dyd glytter bank and bus; Doug. ix. i. 63. Quhill rong the widdis of hir melody; Bann. MS. 283 b/19.
    16. Indicating material or non-material instrumentality or means: By, by means of, by the intervention of, with. Wyth a dynt off a knyff; Wynt. viii. 6268. All other landis ... of conquest gottin; Acts I. 359/2. To warray my self of myn awin gudis; Hay I. 129/14. [He] thocht dreidles to win the toun of force; Alex. (Taym.) 1823. Being infectit hirself of the said seiknes; 1569 Canongate Ct. Bk. 84. Many chaipellis builded of the liberalitie of the kingis; Bisset II. 109/35.
    b. Indicating that on or by which one lives, is nourished, depends, etc. Kynde had nurished him ... Of all verteuis; Alex. ii. 80. [They] war brocht vp of my nurtour; Ib. 96. Ane wedow ... Quhilk wan hir fude of spinning on hir rok; Henr. Fab. 412 (H). Gau 93/24. Of quhome dependeth the suretie off his estate; Fowler II. 135/33.
    17. Indicating that of or from which a thing is made or composed or consists.
    See also MAK v.¹ 1 (c) (2), 13, 15. A cerkill was Sene apperand as off bras; Wynt. vi. 1423. In a feild of siluer; Howlat 352. A gowne of clath of gold; 1473 Treas. Acc. I. 16. Sevin ... cutthrotis of forgit yron; 1578 Inv. Wardrobe 252.
    b. Indicating the substance or elements of which something denoted by a collective or multiple expression consists.
    See also MONEY n. 3. (1) The ordrys nyne Off haly angelys; Wynt. i. 2. A byk off beys; Ib. iii. 207. Ib. i. 124, iii. 762, iv. 2057. The space of twa yeris; 1497-8 Acta Conc. II. 119. Ane pair of auld gray sox; Dunb. Flyt. 144. Legionis ar cum ... Off antechristis; Lynd. Mon. 5315. Sum band Off suddartis; Maitland Maitl. F. xcvii. 23. My haill stand of claythts; 1591 Edinb. Test. XXII. 308 b. A compte booke & inuentaire of all the crymes that ue uill be accused of; James VI Basil. Doron 42/5. (2) A welle of wattyr clere; Wynt. i. 128. We sall ... kendill ane bleis of debate and discorde; Boece ii. i. 58. The vmquhile fontane of sapiens; Compl. 21/7. (3) To the barnis in the queir of Strivelin of spur silver ... v s.; 1500 Treas. Acc. II. 97.
    c. After kind, manere, sort, etc., see these nouns.
    18. Following a verb, adj. or noun of fullness, emptiness, concentration or dispersal: = With.
    See also ABOUND v., EMPTY a., FULL a. 1, HABOUNDANCE n., etc. Off tresour sua stuffyt is he; Barb. xi. 47 (E). The feldis strowyt war Off Inglis men; Ib. xvi. 634. Paradys ... Abowndande in all delyte, Bathe of plesaunce and profyte, Off froyte and foule [etc.]; Wynt. i. 108, 9. Rich of litill; Dietary 14.
    19. Connecting two nouns of which the former denotes a class and the latter an example of that class (the `genitive of definition'). (a) The haly gast hes callit thé Of bischape to the dignite; Leg. S. xxvii. 1290. To the elde of fyftene

ere; Ib. xxviii. 86. The landis of Tirepressy; 1391 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 380. Of the moneth of Octobre; 1397 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 35. His castel of Louchmabane; 1423 (1430) Reg. Great S. 31/1. The gift of counsale; Irland Mir. I. 42/31. The feist of the inventioun of the halie croce callit Beltene; 1548 Melrose Reg. Rec. III. 221. The sacrament of baptisme; 1617 Acts IV. 534/2. (b) He clemys the lordschip off Douglas; Barb. i. 423. Gret crimys ... off fallsed and inwy; Wynt. v. 4589. Off suddaine joy strange passiouns do assail; Mure Dido & Æneas i. 88.
    20. In partitive expressions. a. Preceded by an indefinite noun. (a) Ineucht of gude; Leg. S. xix. 453. Ilkane of thaim; 1428 Wemyss Chart. 56. Quhilk of thame; Alex. (Taym.) 1633. In part of payment; 1496 Treas. Acc. I. 287. (b) He had feyle off full gret bounte; Barb. ii. 228. Off knaw barnys thai walde sla mony; Wynt. ii. 1497. Off purwiaunce thai fand litill or nane; Wall. v. 1129. Severall off the trade; 1691 Sc. N. & Q. 1 Ser. XII. 90.
    b. Dependent on (usu. preceded by) a definite quantitative, numerical or collective word or expression, in various applications and collocations.
    For similar collocations with ellipsis of of see the various nouns of quantity or number. (1) A part of thair lowing; Barb. xii. 124 (E). To hald of land Ane akirbreid; Alex. i. 205. Off erd twelff bakkatys; Wynt. v. 2920. Ane halfe mk. of maile; 1498-9 Highland P. II. 196. For iij quarteris of blak velvet; 1538 Treas. Acc. VI. 416. Thair is ane certane of mysdoaris in Domglas quhilk [etc.]; 1544 Corr. M. Lorraine 94. Of the infinit number of bolls of victualls; Melvill 367. For ane dussone of yards of fyne lesing; 1603 Montgomery Mem. II. 246. Ane sowpe off milk; 1633 Orkney Witch Trial in Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. V. 548. Hallff ane dussen off fowlls; 1666 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds I. 85. (2) At ane of thir thre places; 1397 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 35. Tua of

ou; 14.. Edinb. Univ. MS. La.ii.318 Prestis of Peblis 44. (3) Quhen ten

eris of the wer wes gane; Barb. i. 522. The xiij day of ... Jenvare; 1393-4 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 29. Januer ... The

et or fyrst entre Off the

her; Wynt. ix. 1251 (C). Off Marche the five and twentyd day; Ib. 2217 (R). In the myddis of May; Howlat 1. At the isschow off the xiiij dayis; 1633 Orkney Witch Trial in Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. V. 547. (4) Preacht our own minister ... on the 18 of Genesis and 19; 1682 Cullen Kirk S. 21 May. (5) iii^m merkis, quhilk was lent out be him for nyn of the hundreth; 1633 Misc. Spald. C. III. 108. We, tho the plurality, viz. of nyn of seventen, are in a manner excluded; 1707 Conv. Burghs IV. 425. (6) Ner xxx ... Off bowmen come; Barb. xvi. 144 (E). Wynt. iv. 2028. Fourescore of pundis; 1496 Acta Conc. II. 4. Within les space nor tua or thre of

eir; Stewart 42077. Aucht of keiking glasis; 1587 Edinb. Test. XVIII. 54.
c. Dependent on a superlative or equivalent word or expression. Off thai [months] the fyrst wes Januere; Wynt. ix. 1316. Rys, gentill iasp, of al stanis the flowr; Henr. Fab. 110 (Makc.). The ground and hicht of werray perfectioun; Contempl. Sinn. 940 (Asl.). Of all this warld I luf

ow best; Seven S. 232. Loun of lownis aw; Dunb. Flyt. 178. The depest pot of hell; Id. xxvi. 119. Id. Tua Mar. W. i. And first of all the mannykillis ... Chargit he lows; Doug. ii. iii. 3. I wes the man that thai handlit maist vnfrendlie of the hous that I am cumit of; 1562 Breadalbane Lett.
d. Not preceded or accompanied by a partitive word: = One of, some of.
(Cf. also sense 26.) (1) Philip ... Has of his frendis vith hime tane; Barb. ix. 313. His

arning hale set was Of thai fare happlis for to het; Leg. S. xii. 161. Of halking and of hunting Haboundanly thar had the Kyng; Troy-bk. i. 279. Cassamvs ... greatly of the warld hes sene; Alex. ii. 2060. Wynt. iv. 1998. Wall. iv. 206. They ordinarlie send gratis to ther superiours of the product of ther land; ? 1693 Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II. 221. (2) That off his fayis sall it feill; Barb. xi. 659 (E). Off thar harnayis tynt thar was; Ib. xiv. 362. For of that froyt sal sone be brocht To thé; Leg. S. xii. 166. Off thare folk in myris lay; Wynt. viii. 5996.
21. a. Indicating a group or class of which a person or thing is a member. (1) Ane Irsch king That off his aqwentance had he; Barb. xviii. 121 (E). Mychty of land and of money And of hie kin of thame of Troy; Alex. ii. 4817. A lurdane off thame slwe hym syne; Wynt. vi. 1094. The worthy of the cite; Seven S. 255. The ... doctouris of [v.r. off] the primitiue kirk; Win

et I. 83/1. That na brother of craft ... carrye [etc.]; 1593 St. A. Baxter Bks. 51. He hes of my beasts in his custodie two ox steirkes [etc.]; 1697 Old-lore Misc. VIII. ii. 73. (2) Ane of his criyt, `Dowglas! Dowglas!'; Barb. v. 345 (E).
b. Followed by a superlative adj. absol.: = That is one of, that are among. vij scor ... off the gretast; Wall. i. 133. A barbour off the best; Ib. v. 758. Beirnis of the best; Gol. & Gaw. 204.
22. Indicating a quality, condition, characteristic or distinguishing feature attributed to a person or thing (the `genitive of quality or description'). A man als off mekill mycht; Barb. v. 492 (E). The

ere of grace [1393]; 1393 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 26. And granes of grace; Howlat 28. Will of the Ost; 1456 Peebles B. Rec. I. 112. Ane bold ... man and of ane hote and fyrie spirit; Row 285.
    b. Connecting two nouns or noun phrases of which the second states the value, amount, size etc. of the first. The soume of v^c li.; 1497 Acta Conc. II. 76. For ... bonetis bocht be the King himself of sundri pricis; 1507 Treas. Acc. III. 262. [A] benefice of xl lib. or abone; 1510 Reg. Privy S. I. 327/2. Nyn ducattis of wecht of nyntene schillingis the pece; 1518 Edinb. Hammermen 255 b. In plege ... of twelf pundis; 1570 Canongate Ct. Bk. 207. To the availl of xxxvj li. money; Ib. The said croft & ston house off three house height; 1696 Cullen B. Rec. 16 Apr.
    c. Indicating something which specifies or distinguishes a time. --- In the day of the dredefull jugement; Hay II. 5/29. In the tyme of Arthur; Gol. & Gaw. i. Wall. vi. 847. Let the hour of gathering in the morning be seaven of clock; 1640 Dundonald Par. Rec. 465.
    d. Connecting two nouns or noun phrases the second of which defines or limits in other ways the reference of the first. A fel beste of the kynd of thai That ar generyt in Asya; Leg. S. xvii. 29. In habit off mwnk; Wynt. v. 3394. Wytha the off fewte; Ib. vii. 118. Thys present letter off wetnes; 1431 Buccleuch Mun. II. 29. In craftis of the ketchyne; Howlat 704. Men of were; Hay I. 145/24. Lorde of parliament; 1466 Acts II. 85/2. Twa instrumentis of the signe and subscripcion manuale of maister James Gray notar; 1484 Acta Aud. *139/2. And gentill iornais wndertak Baith of ernist and of play; Seven S. 413. The mofabile gudis of airschip; 1500 Prot. Bk. J. Young 243. Deidis of petie; Dunb. xxxix. 33. ½ elne ½ quarter Frenche broune of the seill; 1542-3 Treas. Acc. VIII. 172. Thai wald thraw the exempill of the conversioun of St. Paull; Win

et I. 52/36. The fourt article of dittay; 1629 Justiciary Cases I. 119. The physiognome of a loun; 1665 Dunkeld Presb. II. 62.
e. In other constructions in similar defining or descriptive functions. (1) Thai monest thaim to be Off gret worschip and of bounte; Barb. xii. 380 (E). Quhene he was of fyvetene

ere; Troy-bk. ii. 2885. The symple peple that ar of ignoraunce; Hay I. 30/22. K. Hart 610. Corspatrik that we of tressoun reid; Kennedy Flyt. 349. The said Petir vas of minorite; 1563 Dumfries B. Ct. 186 b. Poyetis ... that ar now Off grit dispyte; Maitland Maitl. F. cv. 2. This kinde ... is of two sortes; Birnie Kirk-b. xix. (2) Quham nowder scheld of twa bull hydis thik, Nor

it [etc.]; Doug. ix. xi. 91. Ane gillot of twa

eir ald; 1522 Dunferm. B. Rec. I. 209.
    23. Indicating the subject matter of thought, feeling or action.
    a. With regard to the conveying or obtaining of information: Concerning, about.
    (Cf. also sense 26.) (1) The folk I spak off ere; Barb. iv. 402 (E). Messyngeris to trete Off pes; Ib. xix. 130. Leg. S. xxii. 422. And Edeas and Ydorus ... That of amouris and of droury Can speke and spere richt merely; Alex. ii. 507. Wynt. iii. 324. Ib. v. 2645. The bailie sperit how thai [assizers] fand of the fyrste tenement; 1425-6 Soc. Ant. II. 386. I wil pas mare lichtly our of all the papis that [etc.]; Hay I. 11/25. And let him wit of all his gouernance Of his vexatioun and his distrublance; Alex. (Taym.) 3093, 4. Wall. i. 1. Dunb. xliv. 11. Id. liv. 2. As monie ane that men of reidis; Lynd. Meldrum 40. Id. Mon. 1172. Win

et II. 76/3. Lauder Minor P. i. 378. How he insinuat of his flicht to his keiperis; Dalr. II. 320/25. Ib. 112/17. (2) Off thaim I thynk this buk to ma; Barb. i. 33. James ... off thair cummyng ... had witting; Ib. v. 341 (E). Wall. v. 540. Ib. ix. 820. Spekand evill of other personis; Irland Asl. MS. 67/24. With rycht defamows speiche off lordis; Dunb. lix. 10. And ... , sir notar, of all thys I ask at

ou ane instrument or ma; 1509 Thanes of Cawdor 121. Ane dialog ... Off the miserabyll estait of the warld; Lynd. Mon. Title. Of this thing thar bene faythfull witnes; 1554 Misc. Bann. C. III. 82. I culd not suspect any ... jelewsyes culd be consaved of me; 1586 Warrender P. MS. 220. Ministeris ... mead thame jugeis of [etc.]; 1607 Dalyell Darker Superst. 661. (3) Off wechtis and mesuris; Burgh Laws c. 39 (A). Of custome of hydis and skynnis; Acts I. 304/2. Off that purpos in the place ... I herd ane petuos appele; Howlat 40. Off the dait ... the xxviij day off Jemvar [sic]; 1578 Rec. Earld. Orkney 141.
b. With regard to action or happening: In respect of, in the matter of. (1) To do off that quhat euir he thocht; Barb. iv. 319 (E). Ib. xix. 127. He sal aseth hym of his landis; 1396 Sc. Ant. XIV. 218. (2) Sa fell off this conand-making; Barb. i. 561. Sa fure it off thir kingis twa; Ib. xiii. 653 (E). Alex. ii. 2425. Wynt. i. 474. (3) King Herodis part thai playit ... Off

ong childyr that thai befor thaim fand; Wall. i. 166. (4) Sa besy and diligent of thy governaunce; Hay II. 77/14. He beand beisse of techyn; 1475 Peebles B. Rec. I. 173. (5) Befoir a faithful minister took their way of it [etc.]; Welsh Alarm to Impenitent (1710) 4.
c. Indicating that in repect of which a quality is attributed or a fact is predicated: In respect of, in the matter of, with regard to, in. (1) Off manheid and mekill mycht Till Ector dar I nane comper; Barb. i. 402. Thar speris ... Off lycht enlumynyt all the feldis; Ib. viii. 228 (E). Ane ost ... That growys ilk day off mycht; Ib. xix. 638. Ib. iii. 588. That ilk dome salbe done of med as of ewill aille; Burgh Laws c. 54 (A). Thai hard hertit heretikis and lollardis quhilkis ar dispairit of the faith of God; Hay I. 16/35. All thing ... That to knychthed of worschipe suld pertene; Bk. Chess 639. For it that scho vil persew hir of in spirituall law and temporall lawe; 1530 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 108. And wil not do the lyk of my son for mony reasonis; 1568 Q. Mary in Facs. Nat. MSS. III. lviii. That all bail

es sall ... inroll all ... persones of weapons they hald; 1625 Kirkwall Sheriff Ct. Act Bk. 11 b. [They] persewed him of his lyfe; 1631 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. IV. 292. When she was layeing of a child; 1659 Sc. Law Times 20 July 1935, 169. Fynes Margarat Staffin in fourtie shilling Scots of contumacie being laufullie cited; 1677 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS. 24 Oct. (2) A kyrk ... That of Sancte Laurens halowit vas; Leg. S. xxii. 532. John Ramsay wes knychtit of West Barnes; 1600 Crim. Trials II. 247. (3) God that maist is of all mycht; Barb. i. 459. Culpable of ony sik trespas; 1398 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 38. Alex. i. 34. Ib. 539, 1400. Ratis R. 1475. Wynt. v. 4306. The bemes blythest of ble fro the son blent; Howlat 3. Weill of hir smylinge, simpyll and coy; Thewis Gud Women 19. Gol. & Gaw. 120. Wall. i. 320. Howart thow plesit of thi masteris now? Seven S. 196. Dunb. xxvi. 76; etc. Siluyus Eneas ... Renownyt baith of piete or in war; Doug. vi. xiii. 30. Ib. xi. vii. 189. Eldefrede of the tane E was lamyt; Boece ix. xii. 317 b. Lynd. Mon. 4076. The hors boyis ar hurt of thair waige; Maitl. F. clxxviii. 27. Which ... hath maide me somewhat the more skant of my lettres; 1584 Gowrie P. 74. Thay ar war of bludscheding; Dalr. I. 101 marg. 1627 Justiciary Cases I. 69. (b) Hardy ... off hart and hand; Barb. i. 28. Ib. 348, 385. Wynt. i. 1338. Lyk to the Scottis ... Saiff off his tong for Inglis had he nane; Wall. ix. 297. Off thir forsaids

e sall be sure; Lauder Off. Kings 140. Fertill of corne and plenteous off milk; c 1630 Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II. 149. (4) That he be nocht sa lycht of striking with his handis; Hay II. 49/22. Praepes, licht of fleing; Despauter (1579). (5) His sone ... than xix

eris off age; Wall. v. 477.

ong of eld; Doug. i. xi. 22. Halff ane ell of breyd; 1528 Cal. Charters Suppl. (6) Wallace off hand sen Arthour had na mak; Wall. viii. 845. Off sturtsumnes scho hes no peir; Maitl. F. lxxx. 20. (7) Johnne Dowglas ... being ane cordinar of his occupation; 1574 Conv. Burghs I. 31. (8) Of fourti pondis worth of land; 1408 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 70. I pray

w ... of sum-quhate do grace me till; Troy-bk. ii. 2541. His task of the kechin toure in Strivelin; 1503-4 Treas. Acc. II. 275. In perall of my saule; Arundel MS. 239/34. They haue no skil of fishing; c 1641-54 J. Gordon in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II. 528.
    24. Following a verbal noun, noun of action or other noun implying an action or underlying verbal relation, indicating the `object' (the `objective genitive').
    a. With the verbal noun, with and without the defin. art. or other determiner.
    In the former case appar. only const. with of. When the determiner is omitted there is an alternative usage which omits of and treats the verbal noun as a gerund with an immediately following direct object. This seems not to occur before the mid-16th c. and appar. remains rare into the 17th (but no census of these usages has as yet been taken). But earlier instances with a preceding direct object do occur, e.g. In spoul

eing and riches taking; Barb. xiii. 457. For examples of these usages see some of the entries for vbl. n.s, as KEPING, KEPPING, KILLING, LABOURING, LACEING, LACHETING, LEDING, METING, MUK(K)ING, etc. (1) In to the recoveryn of the landis; 1380 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 3. To persew Robert Kar for the withhaldin fra him of a iak; c 1456 Edinb. B. Rec. MS. 3. For the inbringing of Schire William of Rendis gudis; 1473 Treas. Acc. I. 45. 1488 Ib. 100. 1546 Ib. VIII. 460. For the leryng of hym; 1557 Inverness Rec. I. 10. To cause holde hime to the speakeing of itt [sc. Gaelic]; 1637 Black Bk. Taymouth xx. For his wrongous spul

ieing and awaytakeing of certaine stones; 1691 Jedburgh B. Rec. MS. 19 March. (2) But seyng of ony man; Barb. xvii. 88. Thru wescheyng of our handis here; Leg. S. xxvii. 1288. As in meting of bestis; Hay II. 64/4. Newyn off it is bot ekyng off payne; Wall. vi. 196. For fyling and infecking of the aire; Kennedy Flyt. 487. For gudyng of the said gleib; 1511 Chapel Royal 91. Vnder the pane of birnyng of hir on hir cheik; 1578 Inverness Rec. I. 264. It is ill buying of oats from a goose; Ferg. Prov. MS. No. 866. For withstanding of his insolencyis; 1615 Highland P. III. 281. For killing of four beasts; 1676 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS. 26 Jan. Thiss hes restrained me from waitting off your lordship; 1698 Annandale Corr. 323. To grant a factory ... for ingathering of the rents; 1701 Glasg. Univ. Mun. II. 372.
b. With nouns of action. Or for the dowt of this Henry; Wynt. vii. 1807. The keping, governance and the capitancy of hys castel of Louchmabane; 1423 (1430) Reg. Great S. 31/1. In the begynnyng of the creacioun of the foure grete realmes; Hay I. 79/28. Los off his men and lusty payne off luff; Wall. v. 715. Vengeance off this throuch-out that kynrik

eid; Ib. vii. 230. In ... payment of lokkis and bandis; 1496 Treas. Acc. I. 287. I say nocht this of Chauser for offens; Doug. i. Prol. 405. Basines ... for the ministratioun of the sacrament of baptisme; 1617 Acts IV. 534/2. For the lend of money; 1676 Brodie Diary 369.
c. With other nouns. Of clethyng gret mystare; Wynt. i. 100. Til the behuyf & profyt of me; 1477 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 460. To thar dyner ... Off stuff and wyne that God had to thaim sent; Wall. iii. 220. For kyndnes off Wallace; Ib. v. 413. Of gold ane garland of hir heid; Lynd. Meldrum 122. A trim cloke and excuis of thair euersion; Win

et I. 52/36. In perell of tynsall; 1598 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 189. The necessity of privy censures; 1698 Penninghame Par. Rec. I. 21.
    d. Indicating the object of a verbal phrase.
    With verbs of giving, obtaining, having, executing, etc., as get, geve, have, mak and tak, qq.v. for many further examples. (1) To have the ledyng Off all Scotland; Barb. i. 580. For he na hop had of reskewing; Ib. v. 419. Ib. viii. 255. Leg. S. xxviii. 120. Ib. xxxiii. 114. Ilkane ... of othir sal hafe full fredome; 1428 Wemyss Chart. 56. Contempl. Sinn. 1433 (Asl.). Of qwhom we war assurit thai had not sa gret mislilking off as of ws; 1584 Cal. Sc. P. VII. 220. (2) That he suld wengeance ta Off that Brwys; Barb. i. 572. Off dyet fayr Wallace tuk neuir kepe; Wall. iv. 333. He punischit ... bot for ane licht suspitioun that he tuik of thame; Pitsc. I. 27/10. (3) Quhylle Alysawndyre ... of his dayis made endyng; Wynt. i. 34. Ib. v. 3087. Gif him hapnit of ony to mak were; Alex. (Taym.) 438. Mar nor I haue gotene to make rekingene of; Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 39 b. Maister Alexander Henrysoune ... maid offer ... off all the bay salt; 1675 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS. 16 Oct. (4) [Temptation is] to geve us occasioun of spiritual battel; Hamilton Cat. 267. (5) Therfor be humbly pleased to get the lene of to me of sume earle's robes; 1681 Red Bk. Menteith II. 196. (6) The faderis wald do na ... justice of thair barnis; Hay I. 68/24. (7) He kept the skaith of the death of his beastis; 1629 Orkney Witch Trial in County Folk Lore III. (1903) 80.
    25. With agent nouns or the like, indicating the object of the underlying verb. Of honour he is keper; Alex. ii. 7377. The deuill ... is ... fathir of leisingis; Cr. Deyng (S.T.S.) 65. Clamys to be nerrest and lauchful air ... of the mofabile gudis of airschip; 1500 Prot. Bk. J. Young 243. My lady Cleo, that help of makaris bene; Dunb. G. Targe 77. Off it thow heiris be nocht ane clatterar; Maitland Maitl. F. xiv. 11. Ingyrars of thameselffis; 1582 Reg. Privy C. III. 482. John Pyet ... of quhom thow was the murtherer; 1596-7 Misc. Spald. C. I. 88. Donald Gorme ... wes the intysair of him; 1615 Highland P. III. 212.
    26. In collocations with verbs introducing what is in effect an object or secondary object.
    In similar cases OE. and Latin freq. employ the genitive case, F. uses de and ME. and mod. Eng. of.
    Some examples of (1) might perh. have been assigned to senses 20 d or 23. (1) He ... That mycht of nane anoyis feyle; Barb. i. 304. Thai fal

eit of thair entent; Ib. vii. 614. Alex. ii. 2389. Of sic taillis thay began; Rauf C. 140. For certanetie he suspectis of the thing

e knaw, and of his lyfe; Buch. Detect. (1727) 142. Remember of this; R. Bruce Serm. 362. If the ennemie triomphit of thaime & of thaire fame; James VI Poems I. 229/246. To remember of me quhen [etc.]; 1626 Bk. Carlaverock II. 79. [To] accept kyndlie off him; 1627 Ib. 93. (2) The testament to be confirmit of be [etc.]; Instit. Ct. Sess. 28 a. That such ... tenants ... be accepted kindly of by him; 1674 Highland P. I. 277. (3) He wes varnysit of armyng; Barb. vi. 120. Of the quhilk wrangis ... I ... requeris yhow of help; 1400 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 44. Quha ... purway madenis of mareag Eftir thar stat; Thewis Gud Women 292. To ... mak the erle ... be restorit of the samyn gudis or the prise; 1479 Acta Conc. I. 29/1. Convictit of wilful errour; 1539 Reg. Privy S. II. 451/1. The saidis provest [etc.] ... ar infeft of fre burrowaige; 1547-8 Ayr Chart. 40. I will aske thame of ane questioun; Q. Kennedy Tractive 118. And sa thay requyre the Scottis of frindschip and affinitie; Dalr. I. 87/26. James VI Basil. Doron 42/5. Well enough provyded of coal; 16.. Abercrummie in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II. 2. (b) For tyll have bene Revengyd off his fayis kene; Wynt. iv. 664. Fowler II. 137/19. Being craved ... off some moneys; 1646 Elgin Rec. II. 357.
27. With a date or a space of time: In, on. Wyt al the fredomys that ... may partene of tym to cum; 1394-5 Menzies Charters 10 Feb. To pay ... aucht ponddis of the fest of Sant Martyne; 1431 Reg. Great S. 43/2. Of fourty dais warnyn; 1476 (1481) Ib. 310/2. I had exampill off tym that is by-worn Trewys to bynd with thaim; Wall. ix. 659. Of sum ewin; Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 197 (M). Ane duelling hous ... occupiit be the said Alexander of the terme of Martimes lastbipast; 1569 Canongate Ct. Bk. 124. That no bairn should be baptized of a preaching day; 1584 Perth Kirk S. 249. My ... claythts quhilk I weir of the Sonday; 1591 Edinb. Test. XXII. 308 b. 1595 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 63.
28. In various other uses. (1) And als a man of mekill mycht As of the men of that cuntre; Barb. v. 492. The hill ... than off fyre Brak out; Wynt. iv. 2005. Bot gif sum suddand let put it of delay; Rauf C. 540.

eit still off pees the ost lugyt all nycht; Wall. viii. 933. I assourit his grace of my puir life and honour it vas the best to [etc.]; 1550-1 Corr. M. Lorraine 345. Quhone that thai ... mes and mateynis said of thair fassoun; Maitland Maitl. F. xxii. 20. Thay hauing in tham selues na merits of all; King Cat. 220. Hallff ane dussen off fowlls off presents; 1666 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds I. 85. (2) Na man suld be ... Off powere to rewe hym hys lyff; Wynt. vi. 1930. Quhil the tym he be of eys to byg it agayn; Acts I. 26/2. The King passit to the sey ... of purpose to sale in France; Leslie 150. Gif

e find my lord of myind to entir in blokein vith me; c 1586 Maxwell Mem. II. 159. (3) Deir of a revyn sleif; Doug. vi. Prol. 24. If my part of this world's clay were rouped and sold, I would think it dear of a drink of water; 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1891) 279. (4) Jhone Bughen ... both set and notit this psalme of my unwitting; Wode's Psalter (ed.) 134.
    29. In phrases in various applications.
    a. Followed by nouns or adjs., qq.v. for examples, forming adv. or attrib. phrases, as of ald (tyme), of bak, of before (fore) (and see also ABEFORE and OBEFOR(E), of case, of chance, of (the) cloke, of daw(is, of det, of (nane, litill) effect, of elde, of far (fer), of fee, of force, of gude, of gude fame, of kin, of kind, of lang-ere, of lang-time bygane or bypast, of late, of law, of life, of like, of nede, of (the) new, of power, of price, of resoun, of suddantie, of treuth, of were, of ony wise.
    b. As the last element of many prepositional phrases, as for or be (the) cause of, in dispit of, for feir of, in the forme of, in maner of, maugre of, throw occasioun of, in rememberance of, in takin or takning of, incontrare of, nochtwithstanding of, for which see the noun elements or first elements. For of out of, see below.
    c. In the conjunctional phrase of les than, unless, = les than, LES C 1. (Cf. late ME. of lasse than (1414) and OLES adv. phr.) a. Now of a long time; 1694 Misc. Hist. Soc. V. 257. b. To remouv themselves ofout of that roome; c 1600 Sc. Hist. Rev. XIX. 267. c. Of les than it happyn the said mariage to fal

e in the saidis Sir Walter and Dauidis defalt; 1465 Buccleuch Mun. II. 66. The dochter ... aucht of resone and law to suceede to the heritage ... of lesse than it was assignit of befor in the fadyris tyme; 1468 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 24.