A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1438, 1499-1599
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Jolyté, Jolite(e, Jolitie, n. [ME. iolyte, iolite (a 1300), iolif-, iolyfte (a 1310), e.m.E. iolitie, OF. joliveté, jolité. Cf. Jolatie.]
a. Gaiety, joyousness, jollity. b. Merrymaking, revelry.1375 Barb. xvi. 48 (E).
Thay soiournyt thar dayis thre And that in myrth and jolyte a1400 Legends of the Saints xxx. 177. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxv. 30.
[He] fenȝit hyme semand to be Ful of joy & jolyte c1420 Wynt. v. 2964.
Avowe Off thaire myrth and thare jolyte ?1438 Alex. i. 1271.
I Am of this meting richt happy! My hart is full of iolite a1500 Henr. Fab. 292 (B).
Thus as thay sat in all thair iolite [Ch., H. iolitie] a1500 King Hart 81.
With feistis fell and full of jolitee a1500 Ib. 574.
Quhen all thy jolitie beis justifeit 15.. Clariodus v. 724.
Thair jolitie, thair festing, and thair play
