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: 1569-1606
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(Satiety,) Satietie, Saciety, -ie, n. [e.m.E. sacietie (1533), satiety (Spenser), OF sazieted, sacietet (c1120 and 12th c. in Larousse), MF satiété (1530 in Larousse), L. satietāt-, f. sātis enough.] a. The condition of being fully gratified; full attainment of a desired object or goal. b. A sufficiency or abundance. —a. 1579 Despauter (1579).
Satias, sacietie a1599 Rollock Wks. I 330.
He … hes not gottin that joyfull countenance of Christ, in the quhilk countenance is onlie saciety of plesures 1606 Rollock‘s Thess. Dedication.
In whose countenance is sacietie of joyes —b. 1569 Knox VI 566.
Hath thou not a full satietie of all the vanities under the sunne?
