▪ I. † sover, a. and adv. Sc. Obs.
Also 4 souar (5 suffer), 5–6 souir, 6 souer, sovir, sowir, seuver.
[ad. OF. soür, var. of seür (mod.F. sûr) sure a., with intrusive v.]
A. adj. Sure, secure, safe, sound.
| 1396 in Scott. Antiq. XIV. 218 Gif yt sal happyn the..erle til pay the forsaid soume othirways in ony souar maner. 1429 Sc. Acts, Jas. I (1814) II. 18 Þe ȝeman..sall haif a gude souer hat for his hede, & a doublat of fence. c 1470 Henry Wallace iii. 84 Gude souir weide dayly on him he wour. Ibid. vi. 484 He..said he was baith suffer [v.r. sober], wys and trew. c 1520 Reg. Aberdon. (Maitland Cl.) I. 385 As your Lordship may geit sowir informacion. 1533 Bellenden Livy ii. xiv. (S.T.S.) I. 183 The pepill..garnist þare tentis with maist sovir trinschis & fowseis. 1568 Satir. Poems Reform. xlviii. 59 Ȝit is my claith seuver for sadillis to ceuver, Suppois the sessioun raid thamesell. |
B. adv. Surely, securely.
| c 1550 Rolland Crt. Venus i. 92 With precious Perle, and gold was souer set. Ibid. ii. 698 Weill souer set with diuers christall stane. |
▪ II. † sover, v. Sc. Obs.
In 5–6 souer, 5 suffer.
[Cf. prec. and sure v., assure v.]
1. intr. To trust in something.
| c 1470 Gol. & Gaw. 1105 Ane wounder peralous poynt..To souer in thi gentrice, but signete or sele. |
2. trans. To render safe from attack or injury, esp. by a formal pledge.
| c 1470 Henry Wallace vii. 1188 The hardy Scottis..Set on the laiff with strakis sad and sar, Off thaim thar our as than souerit thai war. Ibid. ix. 277 Thai..rasauit him in the toun, And sufferyt [v.r. souerit] thaim, for all that he had brocht. a 1557 Diurn. Occurr. (Bann. Cl.) 26 George Dowglas was souerit to come and speak with the Governour. |