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: 1533-1581
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Asperitie, n. Also: asperite. [e.m.E. asperité (a 1535), asperitie, L. asperitas.] Severity. —1533 Boece vi. x. 205 b.
Romake ... be asperite and doure contynance doing all his affaris be angir and ire 1581 Burne Disput. a viij b (the asperitie of repentance).
