A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1606, 1666-1669
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Recreatio(u)n(e, -cio(u)n, n. Also: -tyowne. [ME (Gower) and e.m.E. recreacio(u)n, -cyon, e.m.E. -tion (1538), F. récréation (13th c. in Larousse), L. recreātiōn-; Recreat(e v.]
1. Refreshment or nourishment by eating or drinking.c1420 Wynt. iv 2650.
Men gert a pentys ma, Tyll … have thair recreatyowne [C. recreacion] In mete and drynk
2. The action of recreating (oneself or another), the fact of being recreated by some pleasurable or beneficial pastime or activity.c1400 Troy-bk. ii 2110.
Thai come, quhare thai purposed to byd For recreacioun in that tyid 1460 Hay Alex. (S.T.S.) 3144.
Gif thai wald mak recreatioun Quhan thai war sarit draw to the toun agane For he saw weill thai war in mekill pane a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow Prol. 20.
Than lat ws mak sum sport And recreatioun the cumpany to confort 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 13/5.
Thir tua princis vsit oft to visye the feildis to tak ther recreatione 1549 Ib. 37/9.
I thocht it necessair til excerse me vitht sum actyue recreatione 1596 Dalr. I 7/19.
Throuch thir woddis the gretter parte of the nobilitie hes thair maist recreatione in hunting 1596 Ib. II 456/19.
To Januile scho is conuoyet, in haist, for recreatiounis caus, till obtein her helth 1596 Ib. 333/13.
Recreatioune 1598 James VI Basil. Doron 195/1.
Or ye playe considder ye doe it onlie for youre recreation 1606 Acts IV 298/2.
That … commendable provisioun of ordinar musick for recreatioun … of thair princis
b. A particular instance of this; a pastime or diversion; a pleasurable employment.1456 Hay II 96/23.
How kingis and princis suld tak thair recreaciounis and deduytis 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 37/24.
In this glaidful recreatione I conteneuit 1549 Ib. 66/11.
It vas ane celest recreation to behald ther lycht lopene, galmonding [etc.] 1666–9 Select Biographies I 192.
Since I began to preach I hardly ever used any bodily recreation or sport except walking
c. A period of time set aside for refreshment, a ‘break’.1491 (c1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I 61.
To remayne quhill iiij houris afternone and than to gett a recreatioun in the commoun luge be the space of half ane hour
