A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1581
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Dition, n. [e.m.E. (1538), L. ditio, dicio.] Rule, dominion. —1581 Burne in Cath. Tr. 158/31.
Throuch out al tha pairtis quhilk nou ar vndir the dition of the Turk