A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Maister, Mastir, n.2 Also: maistir, mayster. [Appar. formed either by analysis of Maistrice n. as a plur. or by reanalysis of a plur. of Maistry n. The plur. examples cited first here might equally be regarded as representing one or other of these.] = Maistry n., Maistrice n. —plur. c1420 Wynt. i. 1460.
To clym wpe to the ayre quhen thai Swylk maysterys [C. mastres, W. mastre] lykyd till assay ?1438 Alex. ii. 5250.
I am nane of tha That may sik michty maisteris ma —sing. c1475 Wall. vii. 5.
The Scottis marweld, and pes tane in the land, Quhy Inglismen sic maistir [1570, maistrie] tuk on hand Ib. ix. 530.
On Sotheron men full mekill maister [1570, maistry] thai wrocht Ib. vii. 1284, ix. 1849, xi. 870. 1533 Bell. Livy II. 55/3 (Adv. MS.).
The consullis … has na maister nor pussance bot onelie it that was afore with kingis
