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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1456, 1513-1533, 1588

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Sacrify, -ifie, v. Also: -ifye, -yfy. P.t. -ifyit, -ifyid, -ifeit, -ifit. P.p. -ifit. [ME and e.m.E. sacrifie (Cursor M.), sacrifye (a1325), sacryfye (Wyclif), OF sacrifier (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), L. sacrificāre.]

1. intr. To sacrifice, offer sacrifice (to).a1400 Legends of the Saints iii 466.
Bot thu consent to me, And sacrifye … To goddis that ar almychtty
a1400 Ib. 574.
For that wil I Distrenȝe thé for to sacrify
a1400 Ib. xxxiii 379.
For-thi for dout of dede, ful fele Reneyt God … & sacrifit in that [ilk] stede To mawmentis
a1400 Ib. ix 11.
Sacryfy
a1400 Ib. v 295, 303; xi 400; xix 427; xxxii 724; xxxiii 667, etc. c1420 Wynt. v 2617. 1513 Doug. viii i 90.
Into the dawyng rycht ayrly, Dewly to Juno se thou sacryfy
1513 Ib. xii i 34.
Thou ryall prynce and fader, Kyng Latyne, Do sacryfy and conferm this convyne
1533 Boece 77.
To euery persoun granting congie to sacrifye to the god quham he plesit best
1533 Ib. 274b.
Sum parte of Britouns … sacrifyit to idolis
1533 Ib. 272, etc.
Sacrifie

b. To celebrate the Eucharist.a1400 Legends of the Saints iii 472.
Till a god … I sacrify euir ilka day
a1400 Ib. xxii 125.
Quhat haf I dysplesyt thé, That suld thu sacrify but me?
c1420 Wynt. v 1056.
Syne thai [sc. priests] specyaly Oysyd till God to sacrify
c1420 Ib. 1061, 1065.
That quhan thai yhed to sacrify Or do thare serwyce devotely To God, thai suld wyth thame tak Wytnes, that suld knawlage mak That thai sacrifyid welle

2. tr. To offer as a sacrifice.a1400 Legends of the Saints iii 475.
The lame that sa sacrifit is Remanys quhyk and hale
a1400 Ib. 498. c1420 Wynt. ii 1005.
Than stillely walde he to thame [sc. his guests] ga, And scheyre thare thropyll boll in twa, And syne thare blud walde sacryfy Tyll his goddys devotly
c1420 Ib. iii 120.
That he sulde … Off his hous quhat evyr he mete … Devotly to God sacryfy
1588 King Catechism in 1573-1600 Cath. Tr. 181.
Melchizedec sacrifeit breid and wyne in figure of the bodie and bloud of our Lord

b. specif. or transf. To celebrate the sacrifice of (Christ's body and blood), in the Eucharist.1456 Hay II 66/31.
Sauffand the haly order … that sacrifyis the body of God, the haly sacrament of the altare, with the otheris sacramentis of the haly kirk

3. In Douglas: To offer sacrifice to (a deity) or on (an altar).1513 Doug. i i 85.
Quha sal from thens adorn … The power of Juno, or altaris sacryfy [L. aut supplex aris imponet honorem] Gif [etc.]
1513 Ib. ii iv 58.
And lat ws sacryfy The haly goddes and magnyfy hyr mycht
1513 Ib. xiii ii heading.

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