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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1475-1572

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Defy, v. [ME. defye (c 1300), defie, OF. defier.]

1. tr. To renounce, abjure.a1500 Henr. Fab. 343 (A).
Fair wele, sister, thi feist heir I defy
a1500 Id. III. 117/43.
Thy fleschly lust thow sall defy
c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxvii. 16.
Defy the warld, feynȝeit and fals
a1500 Doug. King Hart 847.
Eis I defy

2. To defy, set at naught.c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii. 1020.
Ȝeit thai within on lowd defyit Wallace
c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 240.
Foule edder, I defy thé
1535 Stewart 6744.
Weill he knew he culd thame all defy
c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 1206.
This vailȝeand squyer manfully … did him defy
1560 Rolland Seven Sages Epil. 47.
All gude wemen thay may defy thé
1572 J. Maitland Maitland Folio MS lxxxviii. 4.
Dispyis thair dewilliche deming and defy it

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