Show Search Results Show Browse
A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Hovering, -yng, Hower-, vbl. n. [e.m.E. hovering (1679).] Indecision. hesitation. — c1420 Wynt. vi. 2463.
Quhill thai ware in this hoveryng [C. howerynge] All will, quha suld be thare kyng 1533 Boece viii. viii. 266.
The corage of Scottis and Pichtis … be tary and lang hovering wald growe soft
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Hovering vbl. n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 16 May 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/hovering>
