A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1375, 1499-1513
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Stray, n. [ME and e.m.E. stray (1228), AF stray, estrai (OED), f. as Stray(e v.] On stray, wandering at large, astray. Cf. Astray adv. — 1375 Barb. xiii 195.
Thair mycht men se mony a steid Fleand on stray a1500 Golagros and Gawane 19.
Mony sterne our the streit stertis on stray a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 477.
His brydill bellisand and gay His steid stout on stray 1513 Doug. xi xii 25.
The men byrnand to ioyn in the melle, And furour grew of stedis sterand on stray
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