A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Wasted, Waistit, Vasted, ppl. adj. [ME and e.m.E. wastyd (Prompt. Parv.), wasted (Caxton).] a. Worn out, exhausted; impotent. b. Laid waste, damaged. c. Spent, squandered. Quot. 1663 may be altered form of Vast adj. b, cf. esp. quot. 1665. —a. c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 90.
I have ane wallidrag, ane worme, ane auld wobat carle, A waistit wolroun na worth bot wourdis to clatter a1568 Scott xxxiv 94.
Swa ladeis will nocht sounȝe With waistit wowbattis rottin a1649 Drummond I 5/7.
My wasted heart Made quicke by death —b. c1500-c1512 Dunb. (STS) xiv 29.
Sic fenȝeit flawis, sa mony waistit wawis Within this warld was nevir hard nor sene —c. 1590 Conv. Burghs I 314.
The wrangis sustenit be the saidis pure commoundis, for reparatioun of the dissipat and waistit commoune guid of this burch 1663 Protest against Linktown Regality in Kirkcaldy B. Rec. MS.
Kirkcaldie who hes hed alwayes the libertie of ane frie port and hes presentlie bestowed vasted chairges and expenses for building therof
