Lexicographical Neighbors of Owreword
Literary usage of Owreword
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia by John Mactaggart (1876)
"An old song called the beggar-man's owreword runs this way— Through the streets
o' Auld Reekie a beggar ..."
2. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs edited by Thomas Percy (1900)
"Then up he gat and ran his way, 45 I trowe, the wife the day she wan; And aye
the owreword of the fray Was, " Evir alake 1 mine auld goodman 1-" IV. dfat'r ..."
3. English Verse by Richard Henry Stoddard (1890)
"The Scots they rade, the Scots they ran, Sae starkly and sae steadily ; And aye
the owreword o' the thrang Was—" Rise for Branksome readily! ..."
4. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, Etc by Thomas Percy, Edward Walford (1887)
"... Now whan our gear gins to grow scant: I trowe, the wife the day she wan ; And
aye the owreword of the fray Was, Evir alake I mine auld goodman. IV. ..."
5. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs by Thomas Percy (1857)
"... And therefore wad nae longer stay : Then up he gat, and ran his way, 45 I
trowe, the wife the day she wan; And aye the owreword of the fray Was, ..."
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