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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Maister, Master, v.1 Inflected ma(i)ster-, ma(i)str-. [ME. meistre(n (a 1225), maistere(n, maystre(n: cf. OF. maistrer, Du meesteren, etc., and Maister n.] tr. To gain or have the mastery over; to overcome, overpower, defeat; to hold in subjection.With personal or non-personal subject or in passive.(1) c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 3058.
[He] maistrit all the cuntre with strang hand 1625 Garden Kings 43.
Victor he (all maistred) did remaine(2) 1375 Barb. vii. 211.
He … rais all desaly For the sleip masterit [E. maistryt] hym swa ?1438 Alex. ii. 2370.
Fare Ydorus … Throw quhom that fyne lufe ȝow distrenȝeis, Maisteris, commandis and restrenȝeis c1420 Wynt. ix. Prol. 37.
Elde me mastreis wyth hir brevis, Ilk day me sare aggrevis a1500 Henr. Fab. 2408 (Bass.).
It [the kebbock] is sa mekill, quod Lowrence, it maisteris me(3) 1560 Rolland Seven S. 9889.
I sorrow sair in sic sort ȝow to se, Without remeid maisterit in miserie a1570-86 Maitl. F. clxx. 86.
The greter greif the gretar is the glorie Quhane it is maisterd with magnanimie mynd
