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: 1600-1628
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Yse, n. (Var. of Ice n. 3 (2) ice, in proverb. expressions.) —c1600 Poem (verso T. Pont) 23.
I seek no fyre beneth the yse Nor comptis them chast that makis it nyse a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 990.
It wilbe a gude fyre quhen it burns, it is beginnand to reik, as the tod said quhen he schete on the yse
