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

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1512-1661

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Get, Gett, n.2 Also: geit(t, geat. [Common var. of gait Gate n.1, of which geat, geit are late forms.]

1. A road or way; a street in a town.Common during the 16th and early 17th c., latterly in the north-eastern counties.a1400 Legends of the Saints ii. 606.
God Jhesu send me, That in the get apperit to thé
1512 Dunferm. B. Rec. 184.
Johne Watsoune was amerciat for the wranguus teling of a get in the Neddirtoun croftis
1528 Prestwick B. Rec. 89.
The cowmoun get … and the cowmoun landis … of the towne
1549 Protocol Book of Sir John Cristisone 101.
On the west part of the gett that passis … to Mvkall
1561 Inverness B. Rec. I. 53.
Ane [rude] of land lyand … in the west syd of the get bewne the port
1578 Aberd. Chart. 340.
Thairfra enterand the markat gett [and] corsand the said gett southt-waist
1596 Misc. Spald. C. I. 100.
Ane ewill spreit … wald hef plukkit owt hir eene … war not the nichtbouris in the get
1609 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 71.
So lang as sho or hir companyeones lewed, nather he nor ony nichtbour of the gett wald thrywe
c1650 Spalding I. 228.
The nobles. barronis and burgessis … rydis in wonted forme wp the get to the tolbuith
1652 Hope Diary 154.
Looking up the gate and downe the gette

b. A way or direction. Also fig.1561 Inverness B. Rec. I. 61.
That he suld nocht by onne mettis … to be send to the Chanrie or oder gettis out of his awyne huse
1584 Satirical Poems xlv. 639.
To Londoun Lowrie tuke the geat
1600-1610 Melvill 223.
Captean James … fled away that gett
1600-1610 Ib. 313.
He sould nocht refuse to go to the gibbet for it, provyding they … sould ga the sam gett
c1650 Spalding I. 144.
Ilk ane of the rest went a sindrie get
c1650 Ib. 297.
He stayit … quhill Monro took get to Strathbogie
fig. a1570-86 Maitland Maitland Folio MS clxxiv. 78.
Giff thame grace to gang the nerrest geit Justice to doe with expeditione
1586 Warrender P. MS. 179.
He vil go the get his mother is gone
a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xxxiv. 21.
Espye if I applye ane vtheir geat
1661 Black Sc. Witches 40.
I was ewer sure that he wold goe that gett and mak a theiffues end

2. The way taken by a persona1400 Legends of the Saints i. 368.
Symon ȝed his gettis fre
a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS clxxviii. 61.
Quhidder ȝe trauell neir or far … Ȝe shall thame ay in ȝour gett find
1597 Misc. Spald C. I. 113.
Thow com in thair way, and corst thair gett
c1650 Spalding I. 5.
The Erll send thame all bak agane the get thay cam

3. A way of action; a manner or method.a1400 Legends of the Saints xxiii. 196.
He, to god cane pray. That noyus stryfe til debat, & to schaw hyme the suthfast get
a1400 Ib. xl. 825.
Thai var richt besy ay aboute To fynd sume get hyme to grewe
1544 Reg. Privy S. III. 115/2.
David Ballendyne … throw gret eventuris of his gudis be weir and truble uthir gettis is fallyn in gret dettis

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