A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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(Nake,) v. P.t. nakit, -yt. [ME. (Chaucer) and e.m.E. nake, but more freq. p.t. nakid (14th c.), -ed, f. Nakit a. apprehended as a p.p. Cf. Nakyn v.] a. tr. To denude, deprive (another) of something. lit. and fig. b. reflex. To make oneself naked, to strip. c. reflex. To divest oneself of (clothes, weapons, etc.)a. a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 223 (H).
He nakit him of ane e 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 135 (E).
Write thir frenesyis Quhilks of thy sempill cunning nakit théb. a1400 Leg. S. i. 31.
He … hym nakyt swith And of the bate he lapec. 1533 Bell. Livy I. 65/20.
Quhen thai wer cummyn to the said rivere, ane parte … schamefully nakit thame self of thare wapynnys Ib. 140/27.
[He] nakit him … of al ornamentis pertenyng to the dignite consular Ib. II. 27/19.
He nakit him of his abulȝementis
