A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1499-1500, 1567-1568
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Our-, Oure-, Or-sone, adv. [Our adv. 9. Cf. also Over soon.] Too soon. — a1400 Legends of the Saints iii. 651.
For dowt that he suld de or sone a1500 Henr. Fab. 2921 (Bann.).
Grit folly is thairfoir to gife credence Our sone to all that speikis fair to thé a1568 Peder Coffeis 25.
Thir cur coffeis that sailis oure sone
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