A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Ces(e, v.2 In p.t. cessyt. [Variant of Sese v.] tr. To seize. —c1420 Wynt. viii. 3998 (C).
To thaim thai cessyt [R. sesyd] al the lande c1475 Wall. viii. 605.
The Scottis … on grecis ran, and cessyt all the toun
