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.
Intyse, v. Also: intyise, intyst; p.t. and p.p. intyst, -tys(s)it, -tist. [e.m.E. intise (16–17th c.), var. of ME. entise, entyse, Entise.] tr. To entice.1551 Hamilton Cat. 74.
Gif ony of thame wald intyst, counsel, and draw thé to ony unlesum thing a1578 Pitsc. I. 263/30.
He [being] subdewit and intyssit be the allurment … of this wickit woman gaif hir ower hastielie credence 1595 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 141.
Intysing thame fra thair parents be deboschet and wikket persouns 1600 Hamilton Facile Tr. 27.
Sathan … hes intysit his ministers … to translate the Bible in thair vulgaire toung 1587-99 Hume Ep. G. M. 364.
Yet I wald … Dissolued be … Or flesh to fardar follie me intist 1622-6 Bisset II. 250/33.
That na maister … sal have ane man hyred be ane uthir … or intyise him to leif his awin maister c1650 Spalding II. 202.
Declairing [that] these wemen … war persuadit and intysit to mak wp this sclander
