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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Just, v.1 [ME. iuste (13th c.), OF. juster; ME. also iouste (14th c.), OF. jo(u)ster.]
1. intr. To fight on horseback as a knight.?1438 Alex. i. 914.
First at the semble of the ficht Justit schir Sampsone Ib. 1467.
I trow that thow … Justit nocht with ane better knycht a1500 Sir Eger 2716.
They should find him there ready bown … To just, if any would assail a1500 Bk. Chess 636.
To teche … his sonnis … To leipe, ryn, swym, just & schute 1535 Stewart 3881.
Commanding thame in ȝouthheid for to leir To schot and just, and harnes for till weir
2. Spec., To joust, to engage in a joust or tournament. To just of were, see Were n.(1) a1400 Leg. S. xxxiii. 185.
I wald … haf sene Princis, dukis, & erlis sere Cume … To iust & dance at thi byding c1420 Wynt. viii. 5159.
The gud Erle of Derby, … Wald thole hym than to just no mare 1505 Treas. Acc. III. 141.
To the men that justit in the botes of Leith 1508 Ib. IV. 125.
To Dorbik, ane of the Franch men that justit 1535 Stewart 25668.
On fit and hors ilk man chesit ane maik, To just and turnay for his ladeis saik c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 554.
I sall neuer iust agane a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. xvi. 12.
To rin at listis, to just and to turnay, That it may cum to ȝour ladeis eiris a1578 Pitsc. I. 233 heading.
Hou thair come ane Duche knicht in Scotland and … hou Schir Patrick Hamiltoun justit with him(2) 1375 Barb. xix. 787.
Thai, that worthy war and wicht, At that metyng iustit of wer c1420 Wynt. viii. 5016.
Alysawndyre the Ramsay there Wyth a squyere justyd off were, And hym owt throw the body bare ?a1500 Rosw. & Lillian 453.
To come and just a course of wier(3) transf. 1549 Compl. 58/21.
Sum tyme it [a comet] hes aperit lyik tua gait buckis iustand contrar vthirs
