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: 1507-1605
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Contempt, Contemp(e, v. [e.m.E. (c 1552), L. contempt- ppl. stem of contemnere.] tr. To contemn, despise. Also absol., to show contempt.(a) a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 419.
Contemp all prid, gif ȝe will cum to glore 1533 Bell. Livy I. 27/20.
Romulus … send legatis … praying thame to contempe nocht his desiris 1563 Fergusson Tracts 6.
Learned men will not onely laugh at, and so contempe it … but [etc.] a1578 Pitsc. II. 67/29.
Siclyk thow contempest coniuring 1591-2 Rob Stene 8.
They cawsit hir first contemp hir awin(b) 1558-66 Knox II. 252.
Those that prophane the Sacramentis and do contempt the Word of God 1575 Reg. Soltre 228.
Him that salhappin to contempt this ordinance a1578 Pitsc. I. 81/21.
Wther wyse everie willane sould contempt the kingis autorietie 1605 Lanark B. Rec. 116.
That thei await on the bailleis, … to be pundit instantlie quhen thei contempt
