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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Lis, Lys, v. [ME. lisse(n, lysse(n, OE. líssian (f. líðe adj. mild, gentle, Lyth(e a.). Cf. also Les v.2 and Leis.] tr. To mitigate, assuage, relieve (pain, suffering). —a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 173.
Hym likis in land your langour to lis 1513 Doug. viii. Prol. 45.
I sal leir thé ane lesson to lys [v.rr. leys, leis] all thi pane Ib. xii. Prol. 202.

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