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.
