A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Promp, v. (Appar. intr. use, in passive sense, of ME (north.) promtt (Rolle), late ME (north.) promp (1428), late ME and e.m.E. promptyn, prompt, tr. to incite or instigate and to prompt (a reciter), f. Prompt(e adj. or its sources: cf. mod. Eng. dial. (west midl.) promp intr. (of a horse) to be frisky and (19th c., Lancashire) prompt tr. to ‘prank out’, adorn.) —a1500 Henr. Fab. 208 (Asl.).
This burges mous prompit [H., Ch. prompit, Bann. prwnnigit] furth in pryde, And said, Sister is this ȝour daly fude
