A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Pitous-,) Pytisly, adv. [ME. pitosliche (1297), pitous(c 1305), ME. and late ME. pitously (Wyclif) piously (c 1305), in this sense (1290), also compassionately (c 1368). Cf. Petously, Pite(o)usly.] Pitiably. = Petuo(u)sly adv. —a1400 Leg. S. xxvii. 253.
Scho … callit hyre-self ful pytisly Of wrech [etc.]
