A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1438, 1501, 1576-1658
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Payit, Pait, Payd, p.p. and ppl. a. Also: paytt, peyit, payed. [ME. and late ME. paied (c 1230), payd (c 1400), payde (1483), satisfied, pleased, also e.m.E. paid drunk (1623), p.p. of pay Pay v.]
1. predic. in the phr. to hald (oneself) … payit. a. Satisfied, pleased, gratified.1375 Barb. xx. 211.
I hald me richt weill payit that ȝhe Has chosyn hym ?1438 Alex. ii. 3898.
I hald me pait [F. apaiez me tenroie] c1400 Troy-bk. i. 174.
Me think ȝe suld hald ȝow payd Gyf that I gyf ȝow counsele gud 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 830.
Saif that I held me payit of thair estait
b. Satisfied by payment (of (= for or of) what is due).1419 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 317 (see Content a.1).
Paytt 1432 Montgomery Mem. II. 9.
I … haldis me weill pait and fullily asythit of the said sowm 1603 Shetland Sheriff Ct. (ed.) 104.
Thir summes … quhairoff I hald me compleitlie peyit
2. Remunerated. Only in ill or evill payit, badly paid, underpaid.1644 Beale Fife Schools 135.
His deutie was small and evill payed 1657 Ib. 138.
He told he wes verie ill payed 1658 Ib. 134.
He [the schoolmaster] is so evill payed [etc.]
3. attrib. Hired; engaged for an agreed wage.1576 Breadalbane Ct. Bk. 19 b (see Pay v. 9).
