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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: 1399-1400, 1513, 1607

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Trig(g)it, Tryg(g)et, Traget, Treget, n. [ME treget (Cursor M.), OF tresgiet, treget enchantment, magic.] Enchantment, trickery, deceit, or an instance of this. Also fig.a1400 Legends of the Saints x 98.
Wechis … That gere fele mene wene that thai Throw tryget are goddis verray
a1400 Legends of the Saints xxi 491.
Petyre, that na tryget Mycht dyssawe
fig. 1513 Doug. iv Prol. 247.
O Lust … Of thi tryggettis [Sm. trigittis, Bann. triggittis, Ruddim. tragetis] quhat tong may tell the tribill?
1607 John Dykes in Calderwood VI 666.
The act … wherupon they ground all this can not be gottin produced as yitt … There is treget in it by the confessioun of all that were present at Linlithquo

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