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Quotation dates: 1513
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Ourheld(e, Our(e)heild, v. [Var. (only in Doug.) of Ourhele v.; cf. Held(e v.2] tr. To cover over; also absol. 1513 Doug. iii. i. 86.
Polidorus heir I ly … Apon sik wys ourheildit [Ruddim. ouerheildit] on this mote 1513 Ib. iv. 57.
Thai … vnder the gers … thar targis al ourheildis [Ruddim. oure heildis] 1513 Ib. vi. iii. 73.
That rych branch the grond ourheildis [Ruddim. ouerheldis] 1513 Ib. vii. Prol. 38, xiii. 86, viii. ii. 66, ix. 105, x. iv. 114. 1513 Ib. xii. Prol. 46.
Moich hailsum stovis ourheildand the slakabsol. 1513 Doug. i. iv. 17.
A wod abufe ourheldis [Ruddim. ourheildis] with his rank bewis
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