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

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1550-1567

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Layit, Layt, (Layed,) a.2 [Altered form of Laic a. (perh. partly by misreading of c as t): cf. Lawit a.] Lay, of the laity. Also absol. as n. —1562-3 Winȝet I. i.
Certane tractatis … set furth at the desyre … of inferiour ordour of clergie and layit men in Scotland
1562-3 Ib. 47, 55/5, 64/3 [MS. layik men], 111/4.
Layt men
absol. 1550 Knox III. 50.
Of the cuppe … ye forbad that any layit [1556, layed] presumit to drink thairof
1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis App. 231.
Personis … , The layit ȝe will not teiche

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