A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Repay, -pey, v. [e.m.E. repay (1530), OF repaier (1180 in Greimas), f. paier Pay v.] a. tr. To pay back or refund (something due) (to a person or corporation; also, const. indirect object). Also fig. b. To compensate (someone) for (of) harm done. c. intr. To make repayment or return.a. 1583 Cal. Sc. P. VI 478.
Your losses shalbe faithfullie repeyed yow heirafter 1600-1610 Melvill 274.
That Yuill comoun they thought to repey weill now at Pasch 1644 Inverness Rec. II 187.
That the samen suld be repayed back againe with the intrestes thairof to the toune of Innernesfig. or transf. 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 235/319.
Thaire greiuouse hairmes uith lyke for to repay 1674 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds I 404.
[If he] endanger himselfe in aney act of wncleanness in the sin of furnicatioune [during his apprenticeship, he is to] repay [the said 3½ years]b. a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI (1804) 89.
[That] they should repay him of onie injurie that he wald plaint of justicec. 1600-1610 Melvill 7.
It was guid to len … to God … for He wald repey twyse als guid
