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: 1399-1400
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Enples(e, Enpleyse, v. [Var. of Emplese v.] tr. and intr. To please; to be pleasing (to one).a. tr. a1400 Legends of the Saints iii. 584.
Thare for is nedful, that thru thé Oure goddis now enpleysit be a1400 Ib. xviii. 27.
A monk [that] forsit hym ay In althinge God to enpleseb. intr. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxviii. 323.
He … For our synnis come sacrifice Til God his fadir til enples a1400 Ib. xxxiv. 68.
Scho Far mar besynes cane do To enplese to this warld, than he Did enplesand to God to be
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