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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1603
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Accord, n. Also: ac(c)orde. [ME. acord, accord, etc. (c 1300), OF. acord(e, from Accord, v.]
1. Agreement or concurrence of opinion or feeling. At accord, in agreement. Of ȝour accord, of your opinion.a1400 Legends of the Saints xxv. 20 (gud accorde betwene farnes & chastyte). 1409 Exchequer Rolls IV. ccx. (gude acorde). c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace iv. 191 (with a gud accord); x. 964 (intill a gud accord). a1500 Henr. Orph. 84 (thai thus war at accord). 1513 Doug. xiii. vi. 143 (with haill assent at accord). 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 159/4 (maid ane accord). a1585 Maitland Quarto MS lx. 79 (gif France had bene of ȝour accord).
b. In the phr. of, or with, ane accord.c1420 Wynt. v. 2456 (off ane accord). 1513 Doug. x. Prol. 162 (in ane accord). c1552 Lynd. Mon. 813 (with ane accorde). 1563 Davidson Answer 249 (with ane accorde). 1603 Philotus clxxi. (let vs pray with ane accord).
2. A formal agreement or compact.c1420 Wynt. ii. 1464 (that poynt of thaire accord); vii. 1703. 1456 Hay I. 22/6 (the accorde betuix … ). 1485 Reg. Episc. Brechin I. 205 (ony accord maid throw ws). 1569 Reg. Privy C. II. 4 (ane accord of all contraversiis).
3. Harmony in music.1461 Liber Pluscardensis 392/2 (stringis reulit in ane accord). 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 37/22 (birdis singand in accordis of mesure).
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