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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1887-1904
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†SOVE, v.2 To make one's way, to proceed, used esp. of birds.Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr. Duguid 174, 245:
[The craws] were careering and soving awa hame to Eglinton, like the black messengers of doom. . . . The wheepling o' a whaup as it soved owre the heather in the still blue lift.Per. 1904 E.D.D.:
I'll hae to sove awa hame.
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