A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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He, v. Also: hee. [Var. of Hey v. Cf. Hie v.] tr. To raise, lit. and fig.; to exalt. Also with up.a1400 Leg. S. xxx. 217.
Na heis [thu] thé for riches, To lichtly othyr Ib. xxxvi. 242.
Criste [was] hye hangit one the tre For [= so that] mankind suld heit be ?1438 Alex. ii. 4432.
He … heit his hand to gif ane dynt Brus iv. 667 (C).
Quhen ȝe ar heyt on to ȝour hicht a1500 Henr. III. 129/55 (B).
[Christ] Quha heis law hairtis and lawis he c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 378 (M).
Quhen he was heriet out of hand to hee vp my honour
