A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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(Prise,) Prys, n.4 (ME priis (14th c.), pryce (c 1410), e.m.E. pryse, pryce, f. AF or OF pris p.p. ‘taken’ or f. as Pris(e n.2 and n.3: only in the phrase to blow the prise, to blow ‘Taken!’, to sound a blast on the hunting horn as a signal that the quarry is taken; here transf.) —1513 Doug. x xii 123.
Hys [sc. Mezentius'] feris sammyn rasyt vp a cry With joyus sound in syng of victory And blew the prys triumphall for his [sc. Orodes'] deth
