A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tit(t, Tyt(e, v. P.t. and p.p. tit(t, tite, tyt(t, tyte, tyd, tycht. [ME tihhtenn (Orm), tuhten (Ancr. R.), tight (Cursor M.), tyȝt (14th c.), OE tyhtan.]
1. To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction (down, up, to, etc.); to remove by pulling; to move (a person) in (a place).The Leg. S. quot. in (b) may belong in Te v. 1 (2) p.p.(a) 1375 Barb. xvi 132.
To schyr Colyne sic dusche he gewe That he dynnyt on his arsoun [Than] bad he smertly tit him down a1400 Leg. S. xl 983.
Thane presit mony to conway Hyme to the gebet … & that he suld nocht eschape, About his nek thai knyt a rape, & tit hym vpe, & lefit hyme thare ?1438 Alex. ii 4217.
Arreste … Hint Caleos … Be the auentale and to him tit [F. tiré] c1420 Wynt. iii 43.
Ayot tyt owt smertly Hys suerd … prewaly c1420 Wynt. iii 421.
He tyt wp that nayle wyth pyth, And left bayth hare and threde thare wyth c1420 Wynt. iii 475.
About twa pyllarys … He [sc. Sampson] kest hys armys … And ruggyt at thame … and swa The post he tyt tyll hym sa fast Quhyll downe the hous [come] c1420 Wynt. iii 865.
All thai wywys … Tyt wp thare clathis c1420 Wynt. vi 2438.
In thai schyppys than gert he tyte Edward a1500 Henr. Fab. 2118.
The wecht of it neir tit my tuskis out a1500 Henr. Fab. 2601.
Quhill sum man tit thair heillis ouer thair heid c1475 Wall. vi 143.
Ane maid a scrip and tyt at his lang suorde, ‘Hald still thi hand,’ quod he c1475 Wall. vii 212.
Be he entrit his hed was in the swar, Tytt [1594, 1601 knit] to the bauk, hangyt to ded c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 211/23.
Sum … nevir fra taking can hald thair hand Quhill he be tit up to ane tre; And syne thay gar him undirstand In taking sowld discretioun be 1513 Doug. xii xi 21.
He … can do stynt his cart, And all enragit tyt the renȝeis abak(b) a1400 Leg. S. xl 1331.
[He] bad his curting vpe suld be Drawine, the lycht for to se. & quhene it vpe ves tycht, Thane wist he he [had] tynt the sycht ?1438 Alex. ii 10152.
Thay hewit on helmes with brandis bricht And speirs throw staluart strakes tycht(c) a1400 Leg. S. xxvii 262.
The fat thai tyd don but mare fyrst
2. To snatch, seize; to tear (something) fra (a person, etc.), out of (a person's hand). b. To snatch (something) up.1375 Barb. v 605.
He tite [C. tit] the bow out off his hand a1400 Leg. S. xxx 460.
Had he wist … That it had ben Theodera … he had … tyt fra hyr that abyt c1420 Wynt. i 1550.
Jupyter … tyte fra hym hys lumys syne. Thare thai kest thame in the se c1420 Wynt. iv 1375.
That eddyr sa he wroucht, That to dede [he] sone hyr broucht, And the skyn gert fra hyr tyte c1420 Wynt. v 2723.
The modrys … Gretand, fra thare hewyd the hare Tyte c1420 Wynt. iv 1242.
Fra his nek … [he] Tyt away that goldyn lasb. 15.. Christis Kirk 84 (B).
Ane haisty hensure … Quha wes ane archer heynd Titt vp a taikle withouttin tary
3. To seize, grab or pull (someone) be a part of the body. b. Without construction.c1420 Wynt. iv 1074.
Hys stwart maid on hym a schote And tyte [W. claucht, C. tyt] hym dowrly be the throte c1420 Wynt. v 1697.
This abbot … Wes tyt and tane be howe and hare Quhill all hyr clathys ryvynware c1450-2 Howlat 837 (A).
The golk … Tit the tuchet be the tope a1500 Rauf C. 123.
He tyt the king be the nekb. a1500 Rauf C. 432.
For to towsill me or tit me, thocht foull be my clais, Or I be dantit on sic wyse my lyfe salbe lorne c1530-40 Stewart in Bann. MS 140b/29.
To the sowtar … The laich ledder thay litt Oft in tene thay it titt
4. intr. To move till (a person).?1438 Alex. ii 9456.
Emynedus … with sik force he to him tit … To erd he rushit that nobill man
5. fig. ? Of an intention or procedure: To collapse.1607 Melrose Reg. Rec. I 37.
Quhan he mycht have had the possessoris of the land laufulle removeit providing scho fand me catioune for the yeirlie dewte … nochtheles I ame nocht oblissit now perfit the same in respect the brek titis be hir default in non finding the catioun
