A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cryit, ppl. a. Also: criit, cryet. [Cry v.] Proclaimed; esp. of a fair.1499 Halyb. 230.
Paid for hym to my Lord Prior in cryit mony … 5 li. 1533–4 Melville Chart. 72.
In the criit fair of Dumfermeling 1570 Lanark B. Rec. 53.
That … nane of thame pas furth of this toun to sell nor by … except gyf it be at ane cryit fayr 1584 Reg. Privy C. III. 690.
[That none] convene thameselfis to quhatsumevir cryit fairis and mercattis 1639 Lanark B. Rec. 132.
They sall remove fra the mercat place … at twa houris except at cryet faires
