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: 1400-1667
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Dyt(e, Dyit, v. Also: dit(e, ditt-. [ME. dytyn, dite, OF. diter (L. dictāre).]
1. tr. To compose or put in writing; to indite.(a) c1420 Wynt. i. Prol. 18.
As … Omere and Vyrgylle … curyowsly dytyde thare storis c1420 Ib. viii. 2303.
Quha all hys dedis off prys wald dyte, Hym worthyd a gret buk to wryte 1456 Hay II. 161/26.
He suld be of gude eloquence … , that he could wysly … dyte and wryte thy nedefull secrete materis c1450-2 Howlat 421.
It war tyrefull to tell, dyte, or addres All thar deir armis c1500-c1512 Dunb. Asl. MS. II. 92/106.
Mycht no man me resist To dyte how all this thing befell 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 82/10.
Quhou beit that the said poietical beuk be dytit oratourly 1560 Rolland Seven Sages Prol. 135.
Quhair scho befoir with strange termis was offendit, … At hir desyre I sall eschew to dyte thame 1585–6 Montgomery Mem. 225.
I sall declair the man that dyittit it 1594 Thanes of Cawdor 211.
Dyittit, wreittin and subscriuit with my hand at the Laiche Kirk of Glesguowe 1614 Criminal Trials III. 305.
All thir letters and memorandumes were dyted by my Lord him selue 1641 Baillie I. 362.
We desyred Mr. David to dyte what he pleased(b) 1539 Treasurer's Accounts VII. 207.
To the dene of Abirden for his laubors dittand the rollis 1541 Ib. 480.
To maister Thomas Beilenden, for his laubouris diting the rollis a1568 Bannatyne MS 223 b/7.
Dittand thir vers with disconfort and dreid
b. absol. or intr. To compose, write.c1450-2 Howlat 391.
Off the douchty Dowglas to dyte I me dres a1500 Henr. Fab. 399.
Sa different thay ar in properteis, … My cunning is excludit for to dyte a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 682.
Of this dome the principale proces, As doctoris dytis be trewe auctorite c1500 Fyve Bestes 183.
He couth wele reid & sumpart write & dyte c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxviii. 7.
Laitlie, eftir mes. To dyt thocht I begowthe to dres 1535 Stewart 55891.
Expert he wes to dyte and wryte rycht fair, Thairfoir the king maid him his secretair 1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 200.
Wolues, quhome … Paule and Peter did of dyte a1585 Maitland Quarto MS xlvi. 34.
My fingeris failleth me To wryte or dyte of mirrines to mein
2. tr. (and absol.). a. To direct or instruct.14.. Acts I. 331/2.
To do in the forsaid thingis eftir the order of law ditis 1533 Boece iv. xiii. 145 b.
His ressoun euer diting that the Romane affaris transcendit sa fer all mortall estate 1562-3 Winȝet I. 65/24.
That thing quhilk thair conscience and fayth inwartlie dytis thame to be trew a1578 Pitsc. I. 218/19.
Gif he had gevin the king his consall sa far as his conscience dyttit him 1616 Rollock Wks. II. 322.
When we see one buried whom we love, we will be sad; nature dites this
b. To dictate (something to be written, learned, or dealt with).1531 Bell. Boece I. 196.
He wald dite fastar than sevin practicianis micht suffice to write 1558-66 Knox I. 467.
That these prayeris wer dyted unto the people by the Holy Ghost 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 10.
Componing on themis ditit be regentis of other classis 1605 Lett. Eccles. Affairs I. 21.
Quhilk was dyttit by his Maiesties selff 1643 Baillie II. 71.
The Principall dytes, on Thursday betwixt ten and eleven 1650 Ib. III. 131.
I dyte theses of the errors of the times 1667 Justiciary Rec. I. 245.
New depositions were dyted [Adv. MS. dictated] and the first cancelled
3. To indict or summon.a1500 Henr. Fab. 1260.
Ane schiref stout, Quhilk … dytis all the pure men vp on land 1478 Acts Lords of Council 12/2.
And gife ony dois in the contrare that thai be ditit to the chamerlain are a1500 Prestis of Peblis 275.
Thai dyte ȝour lordis and heryis wp ȝour men a1500 Ib. 280.
He dytit is as ane theif to steile 1524 Carnwath Baron Ct. 23.
Ȝe ar ditit for the thiftus stelin of … iiij ellis of gret hardin lenyng
