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: 1399-1420, 1475
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(Scomfit,) Scoomfyt, v. P.p. scumfit(e, -feit. [ME and obs. e.m.E. scumfyghte (p.p., Manning), skomfit (p.p., Rolle), scounfithe (14th c.), shortened f. Discomfit v.] To defeat; to discomfit. = Discomfit v. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xi 285.
We sall … mak Syk a mark … That sal scoomfyt ȝon twa aloute —p.p. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxvii 333.
For me think ws al scumfite c1420 Wynt. ii 1190.
Hys fays qwyte Fullyly Josue discomfyte [L. Till thai wer scumfeit all away] c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii 466.
In playne battaill can nocht weill scumfit [1570 discomfeist] be
