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: 1456-1592
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Compendious, a. Also: -ius, -yus. [ME. compendious (Wyclif), -yus, -ios, OF. compendieux, L. compendiōsus.] Put into small space or compass; concise, succinct.1456 Hay II. 85/23.
Here I will touch to sum part … of compendious things of philosophy abregit a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 1521.
For compendious breif conclusioun 1513 Doug. i. Prol. 124.
To mak my sayng schort sum tyme, Mair compendyus 1531 Bell. Boece II. 163.
He drew all the confusit lawis of Scotland in ane compendius volumen c1550 Rolland Court of Venus ii. 13.
Thales … Quhais eloquence was sa compendius c1552 Lynd. Mon. 2625.
One schort compendious orisone 1592 Edinburgh Testaments XXIV. 213.
I leif to … my sister sone … my littil compendious bible
