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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1571-1610

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Fit, n.2 Also: feat. [ME. fytte, fitt(e, OE. fitt.] A sudden illness. —1571 Misc. Bann. C. III. 119.
I tuik the first fitte of my feaver
1571 Ib. 124.1600-1610 Melvill 248.
A heavie feat of the tertian overtuk me

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