A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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*Fyt, n. [ME. fytt, fitte, fit (c 1325). Cf. Fit n.2] A hard strain. —a1400 Leg. S. xxxviii. 193.
To spek with hyme . . That fayntly has his lord nyt & tholit neuir of ficht a fyt
