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: 1499-1500, 1577-1626
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Covat-, Covetousnes, n. Forms: cowatous-, covett(o)us-, covit-, cowitous- [e.m.E. covetousness (1526), -esnese (1486).] Covetousness.a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 1823.
Thow sall quyk erdit be For thí cowatousnes a1578 Pitsc. I. 210/17.
Thairfoir we pray all godlie kingis to … leif covettousnes, quhilk is the rutte of all wyce a1578 Ib. 231/17.
Thinkand in his awin mynd that the wice of cowitousnes rang into his father 1622-6 Bisset II. 165/15.
In the end of his lyfe he become … inclyned to tirannie, lichearie, and covettusnes
