A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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(Esit,) Esyt, v. [med. L. hesitare, L. hœsitāre.] intr. To be uncertain. —c1420 Wynt. ii. 491.
Thai … esytyde [C. esyt, L. hesit] on gret manere Quhat sulde betakyn this ansuere
