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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Captivité, -itie, n. Also: captivetie. [ME. captyvyté, F. captivité, L. captīvitas.] Captivity.a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 503 (spirituale captiuite). c1515 Asl. MS. I. 321/3 (fre passage fra thraldom & captiuite). 1513 Doug. ii. ii. 32 (presoneris in captiuite). 1533 Bell. Livy II. 166/21 (haldin in lang captiuite). 1535 Stewart 25185 (without ransoun or captiuitie). 1558-66 Knox II. 176 (to redeme frome captivitie). a1578 Pitsc. I. 90/22 (in captiuetie and presoun). a1570-86 Maitl. F. clxxii. 22 (in captiuetie).

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