A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1560, 1628
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Hostage, Hostadge, n.2 [e.m.E. hostage (1547). late ME. ostage (c 1440). OF. hostage, ostage. Cf. Hostish n.] A hostelry, inn. — 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 5087.
Thay come in quyetlie To thair hostage, and lay doun preuilie 1628 Elgin Rec. II. 205.
To stand at the piller for being out of the kirk on ane day of publick fast efternoone in an hostadge drinking
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Hostage n.2". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 13 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/hostage_n_2>
