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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Croice, Crois(e, n. Also: croyce, croys(e. [ME. croice, croyce, crois, croys, croyz (14–15th c.), OF. crois, croiz. Cf. Croce n.¹] A (or the) cross, in various senses.(1) 1375 Barb. iii. 462.
Off the croice a gret party He wan throw his chewalry a1400 Leg. S. i. 626.
He wald one the croise be done With hym Ib. iii. 629.
Of Cristis croice seruand am I, And of the croice the ourcumynge I no dred Ib. xvii. 66; etc.
Scho … the croyce schawyt hyme c1400 Troy-bk. i. 543.
Quhen he apon the croice The spyrit yhald with piteous voice c1420 Wynt. v. 5657.
He … hade wyth hym that croys away That Cryst deyd on(2) c1420 Wynt. v. 2981 (C).
The croysse on his body He nvade oft syis dewotly c1475 Wall. v. 194.
A croys he maid, quhen he saw him so stand(3) 14.. Acts I. 372/2.
Gif he bringis nocht the halidome or the crois for to mak the law of acquyttance on 1475 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. 333.
The chaplanis of the Rude altar or of the browne croice altar 1478 Acta Aud. 62/2.
A croice & a chenȝe of gold borowit … fra thaim a1586 Lindsay MS. 42 b.
Ane saltar, ane croice, ane palle(4) c1475 Wall. ix. 1716.
To Peblis past, … Thair at the croice a playn crya thai maid 1570 Leslie 70.
Erle Bothwell … as commissioner … contractit and handfastit the saide fair lady … publictlie at Sanct Pawlis croice in Lundoun 1510 Peebles B. Rec. 43.
I, … Kingis sergeand of the scherefdome of Peblis, passit to the mercatt crois of the samyn 1601 Perth Memor. (1806) 11.
The bancait was meid at the crois [of Perth](5) 1513 Doug. iv. viii. 18.
The maryneris glaid lays thar schippis vndyr croys