A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Oursit,) Oursytt, v. [ME. oversitte(n, -sytte(n, OE. ofersittan tr. to fail to do or desist from doing (something).] intr. To fail to take action or delay in taking action. —1456 Hay I. 132/21.
I may in that chaudecole tak it agayn … Bot and I byde quhill I be culit I may nocht do it but ordour of just lawe … I may nocht tak it agayne … be resoun gif I oursytt ony quhile [etc.]
