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Quotation dates: 1399-1651
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Hasty, Haisty, adj. and adv. Also: hastie, -té, haistie, -té, haesty, hestie, -té, heistie, heystie, heastie, -y. Also superl. haistehest. [e.m.E. hasty, -tye, -tie, ME. hasty, -té, OF. hasti.]
1. Characterized by haste, esp. occurring or done in haste or quickly.(a) a1400 Legends of the Saints xlvii. 70.
To wyne hir wil His hasty lykine til fulfil c1420 Wynt. v. 3853.
Be oure hasty jugement c1420 Ib. viii. 2446.
Gret herandis and hasty 1456 Hay I. 255/22.
Hasty provisioun and remede of misgovernment 1513 Doug. iv. xii. 106.
In hasty furour enflambyt hie 1513 Ib. ix. vii. 63.
The hasty dowtsum fray 1533 Gau 4/7.
Ane euil or ane hastie deid [= death] 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 94/1.
The cite of Gahine … gef hasty credit to … Tarquinins(b) c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace v. 1111.
Haisty payment he maid thaim 1490 Acts Lords of Council I. 162/1.
This infeftment to be maid in haisty wise 1496-7 Ib. II. 59.
That he was content to mak procuratouris in the haistehest wise 1509 Reg. Privy S. I. 280/2.
For the haisty outred of soumes aucht to the kingis hienes 1533 Boece iii. vi. 99.
Ane haisty brek in the Ilis was movit 1533 Ib. xiv. xi. 562.
[A] terrabill sicht and haistie effray 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 36/22.
The consummatione of the varld sal be haistiar nor [452] ȝeir[is] 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 5120.
Haistie credence … Blindit his thocht 1596 Dalr. I. 288/31.
All wonderit of this haistie change 1651 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 124.
In respect of the Inglish haistie march(c) 1511 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 106.
To sell your vittall … on the hasteast wyis 1531 Bell. Boece I. 47.
King Sysyll … invadit the Scottis … with haiste battall 1533 Boece xii. xvii. 488.
Tending to put sum haiste fyne to the weris 1608 Highland P. III. 113.
Ane haiste reformatioun(d) 15.. Clariodus iv. 52.
For ouer grit joy and heastie conforting 1568 St. A. Kirk S. 296.
They could nocht gyf haesty ansueir 1569 Ib. 328.
To ... be ower heasty in proceding aganis ony of the parteis 1578 Glenartney MS. Doc.
Our said forrest wil vterly decay without heistie remede a1578 Pitsc. I. 156/9.
Thair come sic hestie tempest … that hir schippis was scatterit 1609 Criminal Trials III. 13.
To tak no heste or violent curse aganis me 1640 Aberd. Council Lett. II. 230.
In ane heystie maner 1650 Carstaires Lett. 69.
Desyres rashe, heastie, … and also unhonest
2. Acting or moving in or with haste. c1460 Wisdom of Solomon 659.
A man … our hasty to pronunce his wordis in his ire a1500 Golagros and Gawane 100.
Schir Kay wes haisty and hate a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow i. 226.
Hoge was sa haisty … he sualterit him by c1515 Asloan MS I. 177/20.
Hir seruandis … haue nother hasty hed nor hand 1513 Doug. xii. vi. 151.
The fomy mowthis of the hasty stedis 15.. Christis Kirk 82 (B).
Ane haistie hensure callit Hary 1615 Highland P. III. 221.
In moveing your freinds … nott to be over heste … to tak ony violent cursis
3. adv. Hastily, with haste; quickly. c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 221.
Heistie glydand as ane lyoun he ȝeid 1497 Acts Lords of Council II. 88.
Georg sal pas with his sade schip … als haisty as wynd and wedder happinnis to serve him 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 54/10.
Mercurius, … quhilk makkis reuolutione nyne dais mair haistiar nor dois Venus 1549 Ib. 12.
It is ay sene … haisty eftir that the soune is cum to the vest orizon
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