A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1528-1586
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Wele horssit, -horseit, Weill horsit, p.p. and ppl. adj. [ME and e.m.E. wel i-horsed (Trevisa), wel horsed (1470-85); Horsit p.p. and ppl. adj. b, q.v. for further examples.] Equipped with a good horse or horses. —1528 St. P. Henry VIII IV 521.
Wele horssit men of myn awin 1570 Leslie 15.
With xxiij gentlemen onlie wele horseit a1586 Lindsay MS 74a.
Becaus & he [sc. a knight] be weill horsit & heycht he will be sene far of
