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: 1499-1587
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Intercessioun, n. Also: -ioune, -ieoun, -ion; -sessioun. [e.m.E. intercession (1526), L. intercessio.] Intercession, entreaty. a1500 Henr. III. 167/61.
God will nocht heir thair intercession a1500 Bk. Chess 891.
This Garybald Maid intercessioun to this king … To tak this lord to grace c1500-c1512 Dunb. viii. 26.
Pray now for him … And for his saull mak intercessioun c1500-c1512 Id. xiii. 52.
Ȝung monkis … so humill of intercessioun 1535 Stewart 27804*.
How the Brit lordis … bostit the bischopis that maid intercessioun a1578 Pitsc. I. 84/22.
Hou the queine maid intersessioun for the Erlle of Douglas a1578 Ib. 128/20.
Be the requist and intercessieoun of the nobillis 1587 Misc. Bann. C. I. 113.
My intercession avalit sa with thame
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Intercessioun n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/intercessioun>
