† ˈby-run, n., pa. pple., ppl. a. Obs.
[f. by- 2 a + run n. and pple.]
A. n. Running by, course, current.
| 1674 N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 143 Time all the while holding on its even by-run. |
B. pa. pple. and ppl. a. Also 6 Sc. byrunnyn.
1. Past, elapsed; (of payments) in arrear, overdue.
| 1513 Douglas æneis v. xi. 54 Lo, sen the fall of Troy..Byrunnyn is the sevint somer. 1536 Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 241 The day byrunne, all Scottis war exilit. a 1639 Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scotl. vi. (1677) 325 The by-run profits intrometted by the Thesaurer. 1653 in Z. Boyd's Zion's Flowers (1855) Introd. 41 Byrun stipends owing by the toun. |
2. As n. pl. Arrears (of rent, etc.). Cf. by-gone B. 1 b.
| 1573 Sc. Acts Jas VI (1597) §58 For the by-runes awand them. 1613 Skene Reg. Maj. Index s.v. Maister (Jam.) The byrunis of his ferms. |