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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1501-1626
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Glore, Gloir, v.1 Also: glor, gloire, gloyr. [f. Gloren. Not in Eng. use.]
1. tr. To give glory to (one). 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. Prol. 88.
Quha that constranit ar in luifis rage, … Weill auchtis thé till gloir and magnifie
2. intr. To glory, to take pride, to boast.(a) 1533 Boece iv. vii. 134 b.
Scottis Pichtis & Moravis … presumptuoslie gloring that apperandlie thai had occasioun … to discumfis Romanis 1570 Satirical Poems xiv. 89.
I wow to thé in quhome he glorde, Thay sall not mys ane riche reward 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 153.
Glore not of that quhilk is to cum 1606 Craig ii. 85.
What made her thus in thy griefe to glore? 1626 Garden Worthies 84.
Glade is thy ghost, and now Glencairne does glore(b) 1513 Doug. iv. Prol. 174.
Quhy gloyr ȝe in ȝour awyn onthriftynes? 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 129/22.
It is grit abusione to them to gloir in there nobil blude 1573 Cath. Tr. 4/25.
Haueand na mater to gloir in ony wisdome that I haue of my self 1596 Dalr. II. 406/5.
Quha tuik to thame the title, gloireng in the name of reformeris
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