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: 1633-1637
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Home-over, anglicized form of Hame-over adv. (homewards) — 1633 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 88.
Desire him to make home-over 1637 Ib. 403.
He [Christ] hath laid many oars in the water to fish and hunt home-over your heart to heaven
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