A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1500, 1567-1626
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Harnest, p.p. and ppl. a. Also: harnast, harneist, harnasyt, har-, hernessit. [e.m.E. harnest (1538), ME. harneyste, -nyst, -nessed, -nesed (1426), f. ME. harnes v. to equip with armour.]
1. Armed, in armour.(1) 1375 Barb. ix. 710.
Thai … tuk thair geir rycht hastily, And schot furth, fra thai harnast [E. harnasyt] war c1420 Wynt. viii. 5594.
Willame … harnast in his armyng all Wes clymand wpwart 1425 Acts II. 10/2.
That ilk gentilman … be sufficiandly harnest … with basnete [etc.] c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ii. 117.
Wallace was harnest on his body weyle 1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 207.
Do weill is harnessit and wounderis bauld c1590 J. Stewart 19/157.
Ane lustie knycht all harneist one the greine 1596 Dalr. I. 14/6.
Thay mekle gret horse quhilkes being harnest beiris armed men of weir(2) a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 830.
Thay hard harnest men, thay hewit on in haist 1572-5 Diurnal of Occurrents 49.
Schir Thomas Helcroft [etc.] … wer all harneist men c1590 J. Stewart 67/91.
Sum abiects thair helm and harneist veid 1596 Dalr. I. 179/22.
A troupe of harneste men
2. a. Mounted with ornamental fittings.1488 Treasurer's Accounts I. 83.
A belt of crammassy hernessit with gold and braid … .Item, a belt of gold vnhernessit
b. Of a barrel: Fitted with a rimmed lid.1622-6 Bisset II. 258/27.
All harnest harrellis, full of salt fysche
