A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1420, 1513
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Hey, int. [e.m.E. and ME. hey, early ME. hei. Cf. Du. and G. hei, Dau. and Sw. hej, and Hay int.] A call to attract attention, or a word used simply as an exclamation. —c1420 Wynt. viii. 4686.
The Erle … cryid ‘Hey, apone thame tyte’ 1513 Doug. iii. viii. 36.
Our feris … hailsing gan the land with hey and haill 1513 Ib. vii. vii. 109.
Scho schowtis, ‘hey, how, Bacchus’ 1513 Ib. xi. i. 134.
Quhou large support, hey, … In hym hes tynt Ausonya
