A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1570
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Comfort, Comfurte, n. Also: comforth, -forde, -fwrt, -fourt. [ME. comfort (14th c.), -forth(e, -ford(e, etc., variants of confort: see Confort n.] Comfort, encouragement.(a) 1375 Barb. ii. 548.
In wemen mekill comfort lyis 1375 Ib. xi. 493.
Thair comfort [E. comford] and thair hardy cher c1420 Wynt. v. 1117.
The comfort off my care, my sone, Agayne the lauche to dede is done c1420 Ratis Raving 578.
Gud hop lestis rycht to the ded, With hir comfort and hir gud red c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace v. 4.
Till banyst men that is no gret comfort c1475 Ib. viii. 1001.
All the ost off comforde was the blythar a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 166.
He bad thaim be of comfort gud 1513 Doug. ii. iii. 35.
The Grekis trast and comfort … On Pallas help stude haill c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 1542.
He … curit thair sairis with greit comfort 1570 Leslie 148.
To the great … comforth of the haill pepill(b) c1420 Wynt. viii. 2592.
The Scottis men Tuk gret comfwrt to them then c1420 Ib. 4304.
Quham in ras fyrst recoueryng Off comfowrt 1461 Liber Pluscardensis 388.
Tak gud comfurte, and leife in hop of grace
