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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1629
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Upald, p.p. [Uphald(e v. Also in the later dial. as upple(d, etc. (SND, s.v. Uphaud v. 7, n. 3). Cf. Norw. ophold, upphald, also opholdsvær an interval of fine weather.] Of bad weather: Having cleared or let up. — 1629 Justiciary Cases I 98.
And albeit the nycht was foule scho mycht haif cum quhan it was upald betuix tua schoures or scho mycht haif hir plaid or cloik about hir
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