A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1464-1660
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Amité, Amitie, n. Also: amit(t)ee, amitey, amyte, amete; amytie, ametie, -tye; aymitie. [ME. amite, amyte, amytie, etc., OF. amité, amitié] Friendship, amity.1464–5 Acts XII. 30/1 (sic amytiez as sall seme speidfull to thame). c1515 Asloan MS I. 471 (neir in blud or amitee). 1518 Edinb. B. Rec. 182 (amite and gud luf amang the merchandis). 1531 Bell. Boece I. 137 (under ane freinschip and amite). a1570-86 Arbuthnot Maitland Folio MS xxix. 163 (the leig of amitie). 1622-6 Bisset II. 387/28 (in takin of perpetuall amytie). 1660 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs III. 513 (ane parliament quhairin aymitie is most requisit).
