A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1500, 1554, 1624
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Harbour, -bur(e, v. [e.m.E. harbo(u)r, ME. harbur.] tr. and intr. To harbour, lodge. — 14.. Acts l. 62/2.
Na erl [etc.] … sall nocht iodge nor harbour bot in placeis quhair he may finde … mete for his pennyis 1554 Chart. Coupar A. II. 194.
Sufficient … stabling … for to ressaue and harbur the nowmer of tuelf or sextene hors honestlie a1500 Prestis of Peblis 78 (Ch.).
Syne in ane hal … He harbourit al his burgessis 1624 Banff Ann. I. 52.
To ludge and harbure ane gentilman with his horse and boy
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