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: 1399-1420, 1513
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Citesane, Cytysane, n. [ME. citesayne, -seyn, citisain, etc., AF. citeseyn.] A citizen.a1400 Legends of the Saints i. 652.
Citesane of thame wes he a1400 Ib. xxvi. 20.
Sanct Nicholas … Wes cytysane of Patere c1420 Wynt. v. 241.
Off citesanys and burges fre He left duelland in that cyte [etc.] 1513 Doug. ix. ii. 7.
O citesanys, how gret ane ost … Is lappit in ȝone dusty stew
