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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: 1420

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Hostay, v. [ME. (h)ostey, (h)ostay(e (? a 1400), OF. hosteier, -aier, -oier.] intr. To wage war. —c1420 Wynt. viii. 5197.
And it likand ware yhow till, As men hostayis [C. ostays], for to ryn [sc. in a tournament], So mycht men prys off wyrschype wyn

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