A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Releyt, p.p. and p.t. Also: releyit.(Contracted var. of p.p. and p.t. of Relev(e v.1 1 and 2, with loss of intervocalic fricative. Cf. Deil(l and Devil, etc.) —1375 Barb. ii 430.
And the king … Releyt [1571 releuit, H. relieu'd] his men that war him by Ib. iv 456 (C) (see Relev(e v.1 2 b (1)).
Releyit a1400 Leg. S. xx 124.
Than sad he: ‘Wyf, be nocht grewit, Fore God sal mak thé be releyt
