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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: 1479, 1535-1540

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Armite, n. Also: armet, armyt. [Early ME. armite, armyte, var. of ermite: see Ermeit.] A hermit. —1479 Dunferm. B. Rec. 307.
John Malcum, armyt till our Lady
1535 Stewart 41994.
Ane halie armet duelland … Besyde ane chapell of Sanct Colme
1540 Glencarne in Knox I. 72.
Ane Epistle … fra the Holye Armite of Allarit
1540 Ib.
I, Thomas, Armite in Larite

1363

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