A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1475, 1567-1568
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(Site,) Syt(t, v.2 P.t. sat. [North. ME site (Cursor M.), later only Sc., ON sýta. Cf. Sit(e n.1] a. tr. To cause (a person) to grieve, to make (a person) sad or sorry. b. intr. To feel grief, to mourn. —a. c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace i 439.
Thir tythings sytts me sor c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace vi 24.
Ȝeit he desyrd the thing that sat him sar —b. a1568 Scott xv 9.
So neidis thow nocht now sussy, sytt, nor sorrow
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