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† outh, owth, prep. and adv. Sc. Obs.
Also 4 wth, 5 outhe.
[Origin obscure; perh. f. OE. uf-, ME. uv-, ov- above + -with: cf. oututh = outwith without.]
A. prep. Above, over.
1375Barbour Bruce xi. 614 Sic ane stew raiss owth thame then. Of aynding, bath of hors and men. Ibid. xvii. 598 Of gret gestis ane sow thai maid, That stalward heling owth it had. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints ii. (Paulus) 673 And owth his hevid sittand þar brandiste a brand þat scharply schar. 1389in Sir W. Fraser Wemyss of W. (1888) II. 23 Landys and possessionnys..als wele vndyr erd as wth. c1425Wyntoun Cron. vi. ix. 66 In Ycolmkil lyis he, Owth hym thir wers yhit men may se.
B. adv. Above, over. Also at outh.
1375Barbour Bruce xviii. 418 Thai that owth war twmmyl donne Stanis apon thame fra the hicht. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 36 Sum men wenis to be at outhe and abune that is at undir. |