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Prid(e, Pryd(e, n. Also pryid(e, priyd. [ME, orig. north. and midl., prid (Cursor M.), pride, pryd(e, priyd(e, e.m.E. pride etc., Kentish ME prede, south-western ME prude, prute, pruide, pruyde, pruyte, early prudu (a 1200), late OE prýtu, prýte, prýde, appar. an analogical formation f. prút, prúd Proud(e adj.: cf. ON prýðe f. prúð-r.]It is appar. this word which appears as Pride or Pryde as the surname of the burgess of Renfrew recorded between 1272 and 1294, and as the later surname: see Black Surnames s.v. Pryde.

1. Pride; self-esteem, arrogance, conceit, presumption; vanity. Also, the outward appearance of pride, pomp, splendour, ostentation.(1) a1400 Leg. S. xxx 215.
Na ogart na pryd is thé within Thocht thu be of nobil kyne 1456 Hay II 61/15.
The fors … has strykyn doune the pride of his curage c1460 Thewis Gud Women 44. c1460 Alex. (Taym.) (ed.) 1882.
He … was euir kinglyk in his geir As it efferde but prid with litill feir a1500 Henr. III 174/58.
With passing pouerty pryd is importable Id. Fab. 935. 1490 Irland Mir. II 69/13.
Gret prid is that the sempil persouns wil nocht … trow to the halykyrk 1553–4 Knox III 383.
The synnis of Sodome and Gomore, whilk ye may learne … to have been pryd 1567 Sat. P. vi 23. a1585 Arbuthnot Maitl. Q. xli 100.
Coistlie claythis … Quhilk dois bot foster pryide and vanitie 1611 Fugitive Poetry II ii 6 §1.
Whose idle rites, pomp, pryd, and graceles glore, Justlie thou haits 1614 Denmylne MSS in Highland P. III 170.
Sufficient to dantoun all the pride of sic barbarous limmers c1650 Spalding II 395.(2) 1375 Barb. i 408.
Quhill on a tid The king Eduuard with mekill prid Come to Strevillyne a1400 Leg. S. x 135.
As men quhyle in pryd thocht had To gere a toure … be mad That [etc.] Ib. xxvii 1048.
Priyd ?1438 Alex. i 762.
Quhan Caulus hard his carping He leuch for pryde [F. d'orguel] Ib. ii 1451.
He … seis the stoutnes of his fais Despysing him with boste and pryde Ib. 2960.
Throw pure pryde ar mony shent c1420 Wynt. vii 536. 1456 Hay II 31/5.
Never … traytour mycht our cum … a trew knycht, bot gif it be throw pride or surquidy Ib. I 116/35, 172/3, etc. a1500 Henr. Fab. (O.U.P.) 2599.
In pryde thay clym sa hie Ib. 208, 1020. c1500-c1512 Dunb. xvi 6.
Sum gevis for pryd and glory vane 15.. Sym & Bruder 47. 1549 Compl. 80/19.
Conquestours, quhilkis be ambitione and oultrageus pryde hes … inuadit vthir cuntrays c1590 Fowler I 121/87.
Or yit so puftlye lift thair headis in vanetie and pryde 1609 Lett. Eccl. Affairs I 185.
The enemyis of our religioun grow daylie in pryd and insolencie(3) 1375 Barb. iv 229 (E).
The sege quharoff thai wer Tumblyt throuch thar mekill prid c1450-2 Howlat 932 (A).
Thy pryde quod the princes approchis our hie 1456 Hay I 48/28. c1460 Alex. (Taym.) (ed.) 3584.
For my pride and my hie arragance I did my will and nocht thai ordinance c1475 Wall. i 12. 1490 Irland Mir. II 31/12. 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 1542.
Roboam … throw his helie pride Tint all his liegis hartis c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlviii 111.
And lat no bowgle … The meik pluch ox oppress, for all his pryd Id. Flyt. 236.
I sall defowll thy pryd 1549 Compl. 78/22.
Noththeles his pride vas sune put doune 1559 Misc. Spald. C. IV 89. a1578 Pitsc. I 21/23.
Throuch thair awin ambitioun falsheid pryde and haitterent Ib. 25/14.
He … surmonted his pryd and hicht aboue the expecktatioun of ony man Ib. II 101/14.
Sum sayis that it was thair awin pryde and presumtousnes and arrogance and willfullnes that [etc.] 1596 Dalr. I 284/7.(4) 1375 Barb. v 46 (E).
The Persy … Was … Fullfillyt off dispyt and prid ?1438 Alex. ii 6552.
Sa lappin in pryde 1456 Hay II 40/28.
Na ȝit hautane, na fiere in pride, na orguillouse squyer suld nocht [etc.] a1500 Rauf C. 6.
With mony prelatis and princis, that was of mekle pryde a1500 Colk. Sow i 95.
A schipman … presumpteous in pryd 1490 Irland Mir. I 15/16.
Sum, that happin has mynd of pryd 1492 Myll Spect. 288/23. c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxiv 11.
Ane courtyour mekle of pryd c1520-c1535 Nisbet 1 Cor. iv 6.
Blawne with pride 1533 Bell. Livy I 290/11.
As the begynnyng thareof was full of pride and insolence, so was the declinatioun [etc.] a 1568 Sempill Sat. P. xlvii 4. 1570 Sat. P. xxiv 27. c1590 Fowler I 194/8.
Puft with pryde I prostrat me more lawe(5) 1375 Barb. xviii 229 (E).
In hart thar off he tuk sic prid That he tuk purpos for to [etc.] c1420 Ratis R. 1667.
This eild … lwis furryt claithis wyde And has disspyt at cost and pryd c1420 Wynt. iv 407.
And in his hert he had gret pryde 1456 Hay II 61/5.(6) a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 877.
Lik men of pride Quhilkis standis stif be inobedience 15.. Dunb. App. ii 57. a1585 Arbuthnot Maitl. Q. xxxvii 54.
Rather hait … The rout of pryide that thairin ringis(7) c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 329.
Lychtlyand him with wordis of pryde(8) ?1438 Alex. i 1865.
Emynedus … weill couth stanche ane doggit pryde(9) fig. 1540 Lynd. Sat. 1087 (Bann.).
We sall … gar thame trow ȝone bag of pryd Hes spokin manifest heresie

b. As the first of the deadly sins. Also prince of pride, Lucifer.(1) a1400 Leg. S. x 534.
Of synnis kyndis are thre, & the formaste pride ma be Ib. xxvii 1048.
Priyd a1500 Henr. III 137/32. c1490 Irland Asl. MS 80/10. c1500-c1512 Dunb. ix 19.
Off pryd, off yre [etc.] Arundel MS 240/65. a1568 Bann. MS 87 a/10. a1570-86 Theologus Maitl. F. lxxii 19.
The first is pryd that banist wes the hewin a1585 Maitland Maitl. Q. liii 9.
Pryide 1554 Duncan Laideus Test. 168.(2) 1490 Irland Mir. I 120/26.
The prince of prid, lord of all iniquite and myrknes

c. fig., and in fig. contexts. d. Personified.c. a1570-86 Kennedy Maitl. F. lxxi 26.
Pryd is the net and covatyce is the trayne a1538 Abell 51 b.
Thai that ar in hee honour … ar gretumlie temperit … be the wind of pride 1562-3 Winȝet II 17/16.
The blastis of vanitie and pryde being put doun, be … Christiane humilitied. 1456 Hay II 60/26.
Orgueille, that is callit pryde, thinkis na man pere till him c1460 Alex. (Taym.) (ed.) 3537.
Hichty men that pride dissavis ay a1500 Henr. Fab. 593 (Bann.).
Fy! pompous pryd, thow art rycht poysonable c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxvi 16.
And first of all in dance wes pryd 1513 Doug. xiii iii 44. 1562-3 Winȝet I 6/31. a1568 Bann. MS 64 a/5.
Pryd is amangis ws enterit … And lerd our lordis to go … With silkin gownis c1568 Lauder Minor P. ii 25. 1570 Sat. P. xxii 42. 1622-6 Bisset I 27/5.

e. In proverbs and proverbial expressions. 1375 Barb. iv 119, 121 (E).
For men sayis oft that fyr na prid [C. pryd] But discouering may na man hid For the pomp oft the prid [C. pryde] furth schawis Or ellis the gret boist that it blawis c1420 Wynt. viii 3974.
Men … That kend noucht thameselff for pryd that day Ib. 3965. c1450-2 Howlat 961 (A).
That pryde neuer ȝit left His feir but a fall c1460 Thewis Gud Women 52.
For eftyr prid oft folowis schame 1535 Stewart 5802.
Sen pryde left neuir his maist[er] but ane fall 1560 Rolland Seven S. 6311.
Quhair thair is pryde, Grace can not byde Ib. 6320.
All beginning of ill is pryde a1568 Bann. MS 132 a/23. a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 378.
Honestie is na pride Ib. No. 685.
Pride and sweirnesse wald have meikle uphald Ib. MS No. 1130.
Pryd & plew irones wold hav much uphold a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 877.
It is pride but proffitt to weir gloves and ga barfet 1630 Banff Ann. I 64.
[Saying] that the devil was in his pryid sen he grew ane new bailyie

2. a. transf. The object of pride; the ‘cream’, the ‘flower’, the ‘glory’, the ‘joy’ (of a person or group). ?1438 Alex. ii 3109.
Full yllare haill [we] saw the pryde And the assemble [F. et l'orguel assemblé] Ib. 7065.
For the steid and the ioly thocht … And great pryde of thame that thare were Of knichtis of Grece and of Calde 1611-57 Mure Early Misc. P. xv 3.
Natour's pryde, loue's mirrour, earthis true joyes

b. Magnificence, splendour. a1568 Bann. MS 64 a/13.
It war full meit … That all this pryd of silk war quyt laid doun And chengit in iak knapska & abirgoun 1611-57 Mure Early Misc. P. i 54.
A blooming meadou, Quhose pryd doth schort remaine

c. Of (mekill etc.) pride, of great magnificence, nobility or excellence. d. With pride, magnificently, splendidly.Appar. only in verse, as tags.c. ?1438 Alex. i 1942.
For he sawe neuer in all his tyde Him thocht men of sa mekill pryde Ib. 2617.
With spurris he straik the steid of pryde [F. le destrier] On better hors micht na man ryde Ib. ii 2912.
And mony pauillion of mekill pryde He saw standand Ib. 1802, etc. c1450-2 Howlat 971 (A).
Ȝe princis prentis of pryde c1460 Alex. (Taym.) (ed.) 1476.
The king gart dres ane wing on his rycht syde Quhilk … was of worthie men of pryde a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 129. a1500 Rauf C. 6.
Mony prelatis and princis that was of mekle pryde … went with the king c1475 Wall. viii 1014.
A ryoll sted … With turrettis fayr, and garrettis off gret prid a1500 K. Hart 191.
For and ȝe prik amang thir folk of pryde, A-pane ȝe salbe restit be the way 1535 Stewart 12551.
And pansis proude of plaven plait of pryde 1567 G. Ball. 31.
With gold and precious stanis of pryde a1568 Gyre-carling 15.
And sett ane sege and ane salt with grit pensallis of pryd a1570-86 Maitl. F. cxxx 63.
To sla our deir of prydd. a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 65.
Weill wroght wes the wall, And payntit with pride a1500 K. Hart 99.
Dame Plesance had ane pretty place besyd … The quhilk wes parald all about with pryde So precious that it prysit wes but peir

e. absol. ?1438 Alex. i 2445.
Quha had sene in that great melle The heuy dintis to gif and taik … And pryde stoutly counter pryde