A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1451-1521
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Salut(e, n.2 [Late ME and e.m.E. pl. saluz (1455), salutz (c1460), salux (1475), salews (Caxton), salut(e (a1548), OF salut, -uyt, pl. saluts, -uz, -us (all OED), special use of salut salutation, Salut(en.1] A gold coin bearing a representation of the salutation of Gabriel to the Virgin Mary, first struck ‘by Henry VI (sc. of England) as King of France between 1423 and 1449’ (P. Grierson).For further exx. see Lew n. 1451 Acts II 40/1.
The rial of France sal haf cours for vj s. viij d. and the salute haldande the wecht of the said new lyon sal haf cours than als for vj s. viij d. 1461 Aberd. B. Rec. MS V i 416 (11 April).
xxi salutis and a postolat 1488 Treasurer's Accounts I 86.
Of Franche crovnis fyve hundreth thre score and sex, and of thame twa salutis and foure lewis 1491 Ib. 167.
Tua hundreth fifty aucht salutis gevin for sextene schillingis the pece 1494 Halyb. 36.
A lycht guldan Outrech, 1 Gentis guld., twa partis of a salut 1498 Ib. 220.
40 salutis off gold, the stek to 5 s. 10 g. 1503 Treasurer's Accounts II 375.
To Johne Auchlek, goldsmyth, iiij salutis, ane ridar, and vj Scottis crownis, to mak ringis and hornis for cardis for the king 1507 Ib. III 256. 1521 Cochran-Patrick Coinage I 67.
A light salute, pryce 17 s. 6 d.
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Salut n.2". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 18 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/salute_n_2>
