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: 1375-1624
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I, pron. Also: i, y; a (as in mod. dial.) and contractions Ile, Iill = I will; Im = I am; Is, Iis, Ise, = I shall. [Midl. and north. ME. I, y, i (1154), reduced form of ic Ik; e.m.E. Ile = I will (1576).] The first personal pronoun: I.a.1375 Barb. ii. 42.
Thar throuch he deyt, weill I wat 1375 Ib. 239.
As I herde tell a1400 Legends of the Saints xi. 234.
As i befor sad alhale c1450-2 Howlat 429.
I wryt as I wait c1450-2 Ib. 840.
I am vngraciously gorrit c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace v. 981.
Wysar in weyr ye ar … than I c1500 Crying of Play 25.
Quha is cummyn heir bot I a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 298.
‘Schir, is that nocht I?’ c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 117 (Ch. & M.).
Quhen i heir nemmyt his name than mak I nyne crocis 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 15/18.
Or i hed ane beyrde, i vas seruit lyik ane captane 1540 Lynd. Sat. Proclam. 68.
Ȝe, that I will, deme, gif I may 1540 Ib. 97.
I ken foure wyvis … Balder nor I 1598 James VI Basil. Doron. 35/3.
Because I ame na papist as I said before(b)1540 Lynd. Sat. 1924 (B).
A [v.r. I] say ȝowb. Ile. Contracted from I will. 15.. Wyf Awchterm. 116.
And [= if] we fecht Iill gett the woir 1540 Lynd. Sat. 550 (Ch.).
Ile [B. I will] bair my maister cumpanie 1540 Ib. 743.
Perchance Ile cum [to] that honour [etc.]c. Im. Contracted from I am (Be v.1) as also in 17th c. e.m.E. —a1624 Edinb. Univ. MS. La. ii. 319.
Im first to blise thy litill toung [etc.]d. Is. Contracted from I sall, as in the mod. dialect. [In e.m.E. works, espec. the drama, in the speeches of dialect, northern, and espec. Scottish speakers, as Ays, Ice, Ise (c 1566). Cf. ȝeis s.v. Ȝe pron. 5.]15.. Wyf Awchtirm. 43.
Is promeis thé ane gud new sark a1605 Montg. Flyt. 105 (T).
I'se fell thé lyk ane fluik 1585 James VI Ess. 63.
For thais quhilkis ar cuttit schort, I meane be sic wordis as thir, Iis neir cair, for I sall neuer cair 1603 Philotus iii.
Ise play the ȝonkeris part a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS. No. 856.
Iff ye mint Is' lay one a1598 Ib. No. 881.
Ise' gar yow sweat
