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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1657
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Cité, Citté, Cit(t)ie, n. Also: citee, cyte; scitie; syttie. [ME. cité (c 1225), citee, cyte(e, citie, etc., OF. cité, cyté, L. cīvitāt-, cīvitas. Cf. Ceté and Cieté.] A city, town.(a) 1375 Barb. iii. 213.
To Rome … Thar to distroye the cite all 1375 Ib. xv. 92.
All the vitalis of that cite a1400 Legends of the Saints ii. 931.
In cites and wildirnes c1420 Wynt. i. 563.
Witht-in that ile ar citeis ten 1456 Hay I. 38/35.
Thai that biggit the citee of Rome 1456 Ib. 172/15.
Citeis and realmes of other mennis 1491 Acts Lords of Council 188/1.
Ane lande … liand in the citee of Sanctandr[es] 1491 Ib.
Johne Litstane, citiner of the said cite a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 13.
For hir the cite made gret mane 1513 Doug. i. v. 38.
Of Padva the cite 1513 Ib. viii. 100.
Into the realm of Sycill als haue we Frendis and citeis 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 11/23.
Al the fayr ande best lyik ȝong vemen of that cite 1561 St. A. Kirk S. 137.
Be frequenting and dayle residence mackeyn in this cite c1590 J. Stewart 40/370.
Brochs, towns, and citeis var beseidged about(b) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxix. 683.
To cyteis & tonys sere a1400 Ib. xxxiii. 220.
Al the folk of ȝone cyte c1420 Wynt. i. 898.
Thar lyis off Damask the cyte c1420 Ib. iv. 2504.
All regyownys, Cyteys, castellys, and all townys 1513 Doug. xii. xi. 124.
He … blent to the cyte prest 1513 Ib. xiii. x. 95.
O happy cyte, and weil fortunat wall(c) a1400 Legends of the Saints ix. 28.
To the nexte citte thai cane pase a1400 Ib. x. 42.
He … come one case til a citte ?1438 Alex. ii. 3082.
His menȝe, That hes assegit his citte 1450 Reg. Episc. Brechin I. 127.
The inhabitantis of the citte of Brechine 1489 Wemyss Chart. 112.
Thys indentur maide at the citte of Sanctandrois(d) 1535 Stewart 28891.
Into that schire, With euerie scitie that wes neir besyde c1552 Lynd. Mon. 3109.
Tyll his cheif citie he reterit1569 Cal. Sc. P. in Inv. Q. Mary lxxiii n.
Welcome … To Edinburghe, your syttie principall 1572-5 Diurnal of Occurrents 179.
Thair wes ane earth quaik in the cittie of Glasgow a1578 Pitsc. I. 6/2.
Pas thow with diligence To Sanctandrois that fair citie c1614 Mure Dido i. 524.
A shaddy groave amidst this citty grew 1657 Rec. Old Aberd. i. 94.
The hundreth merkis … left in legacie … for the vse of the said cittie
b. Attrib. with wall.1513 Doug. x. ii. 21.
The battellis charge, And governance haill of hys cite wallys
