A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1629
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Devot(e, Devoit, a. Also: dewot(e, dewoit; diuot, divoit. [ME. devote, devot (a 1225), OF. devot, L. dēvōtus.]
1. Devout, pious: a. Of persons.(a) a1400 Legends of the Saints Prol. 42 (devot men). a1400 Ib. v. 30 (thai fel dewot to sancte Ionis fet). c1420 Wynt. vii. 1210 (a mwnk devote). c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 50/25 (symple and devot peple). 1511 Reg. Privy S. I. 345/1 (our devote oratour). 1513 Doug. iii. vi. 21 (al devote godly wightis). 1531 Bell. Boece II. 73 (mair religious and devot). 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 394 (deuote doctouris in diuinitie). 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 4/33 (the deuot kyng, Numa Pompilius). 1596 Dalr. I. 242 m. (deuot and haiy men). 1596 Ib. 248/12 (a haly and devote preist). 1629 Mure I. 229 (they must seme devote).(b) a1500 Bk. Chess 842 (of clene lyf and richt devoit to be). 1531 Bell. Boece I. 194 (certane devoit and religius personis). 1538 State P. (Reg. H.) No. 24 (our dewoit oratrice). 1572-5 Diurnal of Occurrents 4 (devoit of hering of mes). 1622-6 Bisset II. 109/27 (mony devoit personis).
b. Of disposition, prayer, actions, etc.(a) a1400 Legends of the Saints i. 492 (with dewot will). a1400 Ib. x. 512 (devote seruic). c1420 Wynt. v. 88 (in dewote pylgrimage). c1420 Ib. 3001 (throwch hys devot prayare). c1420 Ib. vii. 713 (this devote offerand). c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 12/29 (be devote vrison). c1490 Ib. 38/6 (a deuot affectioune). 1513 Doug. iii. i. 79 (the deuote handis). 1513 Ib. iii. 52 (with devote stevyn). 1533 Boece ii. iv. 63 b (be certane devote wourdis). c1540 Lynd. Kitteis Conf. 5 (ane countenance … deuote). c1552 Id. Mon. 2132 (deuote adoratioun). c1552 Ib. 4382 (mony ane deuote document). a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS xvi. 29 (with devote mynd).(b) a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 936 (be devoit diligence). c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 58/28 (with gud and devoit mynd). 1513 Doug. xi. Prol. 104 (of devoit oryson). 1513 Ib. xiii. Prol. 133 (for consciens and devoit hart). 1551 Hamilton Catechism 8 (faithful and devoit prayar). a1568 Bannatyne MS 59 b/51 (of devoit mynd). a1568 Ib. 102 b/23 (ane dergy devoit and meik). a1585 Maitland Quarto MS xcv. 23 (his deuoit death).
2. Devoted, showing devotion, to one.a1400 Legends of the Saints iii. 1135.
The bischope fra that tym ay To sancte Andrew … Wes mare dewote ine al thinge 1456 Hay I. 295/21.
That he be godly, and devote to God and haly kirk 1572 Bann. Trans. 321.
To chuse sic one [archbishop] … as sal be devoit to God and to his hienes
