A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cyse, var. of sys, syis Sithe n. (time). —a1400 Leg. S. xxix. 841.
Scho him … kissit a hundir cyse Ib. 935.
He … wes … Be fer cyse mar than first he wes Ib. xxxvii. 209.
Gere hyme grane oft cyse
