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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1456-1584

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Traisting(e, vbl. n. Also: tristene. [ME and e.m.E. traystynge (Rolle), tristyng (Wyclif), trustynge (c1440), trusting (1607).] In the senses of Traist v.1 a. Believing in, upoun (a person). b. Trustworthiness. c. Expectation. d. The giving of credit.a. 1456 Hay I 244/13.
Thair lycht traisting in men that thai knew nocht thair lautee
1460 Hay Alex. 1220.
Maist of his traisting was tham vpoun
b. c1460 Consail Vys Man 382.
As lekand weschell haldis no-thinge Sa opin tung has na traistinge
c. a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 25.
Vithoutine hope ore traistinge of comfort
c1520-c1535 Nisbet 2 Cor. i 15.
For we ar your glorie, as alsa ye ar ouris … And in this traisting I wald first cum to yow
d. 1584 Sempill in Sat. P. xlv 1049 (see Traist v. 8).
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