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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1420, 1499-1586
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Obeis, v. Also: obeise, obeice, obeys(e, obais, obes(e. [Late ME. and e.m.E. (a 1400-Caxton) obeisse, obes, obeishe, obeysshe, obe(s)che, F. obéisslengthened stem of obéir Obey v.]
1. To submit to the rule of. intr. and tr. = Obey v. 1.a. (1) a1400 Legends of the Saints vii. 155.
For we sal al obeyse thé till c1420 Wynt. viii. 4081 (R, C).
Obesyde, obeyssit(2) 1375 Barb. ix. 303.
The north cuntreys that humbly Obeysyt till his senyowry 1375 Ib. 461. c1420 Wynt. ii. 1424 (C). a1500 Golagros and Gawane 1326.
Obeise a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 2132.
To ȝhour command … Y sal obesb. 1375 Barb. xx. 147 (C).
Obeis 1398–9 Acts I. 211/1.
That all the legys … sal ansuer obeice consayl mayntene & suppouel the said lieutenande in his office a1500 Golagros and Gawane 1209. 1533 Boece v. viii. 179 b.
The cuntreis adiacent obeysing Romanis c1554 Makeson Genesis fol. 3.
Obaissand God ewir in vord & deid
2. To comply with (a command). = Obey v. 2.a1400 Legends of the Saints xviii. 1208.
Thane to that word obeysit he a1400 Ib. xxvii. 1042.
Obeis 1397 Acts I. 208/1.
To the quhilk bydding the schiref sal be haldin til obese 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 1067.
Submitting me … Ȝour plesure and mandate till obeysing
3. absol. = Obey v. 3.a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS cxxxiii. 15.
Ay till obeys quhill lyf mak end
