† soverancen.
Scottish. Obsolete.
Assurance; safe-conduct; truce.
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1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 881 Bot..souerance he wald nocht grant, Thocht thai ȝoldin wald cum as recreant.
1525 Earl of Angus in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 378 Richtsa the soverance, takin in Parliament betuix Hir Grace and me,..I have observit and kepit in all poyntis.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 883 Thy self maid me neuer sa affraid, That I for souerance wald haue praid.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 13 With Jngland thay take nocht a Souerans abone four ȝeiris.
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