An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

ODAL LANDS.
V. [Udal].

ODIN. Promise of Odin, a promise of marriage, or particular sort of contract, accounted very sacred by some of the inhabitants of Orkney, the contracting parties joining hands through an orifice in the Black Stone of Odin.
Trans. S. Antiq. S.

ODOURE, s. Nastiness.
Douglas.

OE, O, Oye, s. A grandson, S.
Wallace.

Gael. ogha, id. Ir. ua, id.

O'ERBLADED, part. pa. Hard driven in pursuit.
V. [Blad].
Watson.

O'ERCOME, s. The overplus, S.
Ramsay.

O'ERWORD, s. Any term frequently repeated, S.

OFFSET, s. A recommendation, S.
Ramsay.

OFTSYIS, adv. Often.