A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1513-1535
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(Rejoisit,) Rejosit, -yt, ppl. adj. [Rejois v.] Glad, joyful. See also Rejois v. 2 b. —1533 Bell. Livy I 20/20.
And saw his nevois … returnyng with reiosit visage to him —1513 Doug. viii xii 141.
Eneas … To se the figouris of thir storeis seir Reiosyt wolx 1531 Bell. Boece II 28.
This day maid the Saxonis mair rejosit than Britonis 1535 Stewart 35914.
[He] fand himself … als blyth and als rejosit
