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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gluther, Gluder, Glud(d)yr, v. [Northern MIE. glother (a 1300). of obscure etym.] a. tr. To flatter (a person). b. intr. To use flattery, or fair speech. — a1400 Leg. S. xxxvi. 495.
Scho glut[h]erit hyme rycht ofte With wysing fare & wordis softe Ib. xli. 118.
Than the prefet … gluthryt hir with wordis mek a1540 Freiris Berw. 34.
Thir silly Freiris with wyffis weill cowld gluder [M. gluddyr] 1553 Lanark B. Rec. 30.
The saidis baiyeis, counsall, and commonite oblist tham nocht to gludyr nor grie with nan of the saidis chaplanis