A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1500-1599
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Beset, Besett, v. [ME. besette(n. OE. besettan.]
1. tr. To apply, set.a1400 Legends of the Saints Prol. 12.
Thai ma nocht fra thyne be brocht, Fra thai thare-in beset thare thocht
2. To surround, encompass, invest.1513 Doug. i. ii. 63.
Dyrknes as nycht beset the seys about 1513 Ib. ii. xi. 128.
Our lugyng … was with Grekis beset 1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 125.
Quhen sin besettis me a1578 Pitsc. I. 56/6.
Or ever James Stewart had knawledge that ony man besett his gait
3. To place, allot, dispose of.15.. Clariodus iii. 1232.
Richt weill beset I wald think me at schorte
