A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1420, 1567
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Entise, Entyse, v. [ME. entyse, entise, entyce (c 1300), OF. enticier.] tr. To entice.a1400 Legends of the Saints xviii. 532.
Gyf that sum war in that fare … Til entyse hyme I cuth nocht blyn a1400 Ib. xxxii. 368.
Into purpos to fulfil It that scho wes entysit til c1420 Ratis Raving 1085.
Sic ar the perellus merouris Entisand ȝonge men til amouris 1567 Reg. Privy C. I. 525.
[He] thinkis to perswade and entyse sempill and ignorant men to assist him
