A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1497-1531, 1596
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Componit, ppl. a. [f. Compone v.] a. Properly constituted or disposed. b. Compound. —1497 Acts Lords of Council II. 74.
Alexander Setoun, … was nocht of componit mynd, a fule and a naturale ydeot 1531 Bell. Boece I. 129.
Yit amang us, al pepill that is componit and honest is callit Galdis 1596 Dalr. II. 460/10.
[The Queen was] sa weil componet in her speiking —1522 Vaus Rudiment Dd. iiij. 6 (J).
How mony figures is thare in ane pronowne? Thre, … Ane sympil, & ane componit, and ane decomponit
