A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Crucify(e, v. Also: p.p. crucifiit, -fite, crucyfit, -feid. [ME. crucifie (c 1300), -yfye, etc., OF. crucifier.] tr. To crucify.a1400 Leg. S. iii. 347 (that he suld be crucifite). Ib. xxxii. 566 (that man that crucyfit wes). c1420 Wynt. v. 653 (Petyr he gert crucify). 1490 Irland Mir. I. 50/33 (thame that has crucifiit him). c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxii. 95 (Jesus tholit to be crucifyid). 1562-3 Winȝet I. 123/23 (images of Christ crucifiit). 1570 Sat. P. xiii. 118 (to crucifie Christ). 1622-6 Bisset II. 9/29 (he wes crucyfeid on ane croce of grene trie).
