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.
Compuls, v. [ME. (a 1450) and e.m.E., but rare.] tr. To compel, to force. —a1400 Leg. S. xviii. 665.
Rycht & resone wil that I … Haf repulse nov fra thi clerte, That neuir ma compulsit be 1566 Montgomery Mem. 203.
That the said Erle … sall nocht be astrictit, coacit, nor compulsit
