A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1513-1556
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Ost, Oist, n.3 Also: oyst, uste. [ME. oste (1303), oost (1382), oyst (1387), e.m.E. ost (1609), OF. oiste. Cf. Hoste n.4] a. A victim for sacrifice, a sacrifice. b. The host in the Eucharist. —a. 1513 Doug. x. xi. 36.
With mony oystis [Sm. ostis, Ruddim. oistis] and ryght fair offerand [L. multis … donis] 1535 Stewart 50906.
Tha … tuke awa the bost As it had bene ane vther prophane ostb. c1420 Wynt. v. 1245.
The bred als that the oyst [C. ost] suld be 1551 Hamilton Catechism 147 b.
Beleve fermely that the hail body of Christ is in the hail uste 1556 Liber Calchou 484.
For furnissing of … wyne and oistis at Pasche
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