A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Chancy, adj. Also: Schancie. [f. Chance n.] Bringing or having good fortune; fortunate, lucky.1513 Doug. iii. ii. 103.
He slew … to the god of tempestis ane blak beist, And to the chancy wyndis ane mylk quhite Ib. x. vi. 66.
Lychas … was sa chancy in hys ȝong estait That he the swerd eschapit by hys hap Ib. xii. vii. 128.
To be chancy and fortunate a1578 Pitsc. (1728) 100.
They knew Sir Andrew Wood to be such a captain upon the sea; and so chancy [STS I. 227/27, schancie] in battle, that he ofttimes obtained the victory
