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: 1475-1512, 1567-1568
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Petous, -(o)ws, a. [Late ME. petous (a 1450), var. of Pitous a. Cf. Petuo(u)s a., Peteo(u)s a.] Deserving, or appealing for, pity; pitiable. = Petuo(u)s a. 1. —c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii. 1227.
Prayand for pece thai cry with petous cher a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 3263.
The clamore … Was … petws for til her c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlii. 31. a1568 Scott xviii. 30.
Makand ane petous mone —c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ii. 175.
All weildand God resawe My petows spreit and sawle amange the law
