A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1460, 1567-1568
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(Vise,) Vyis, Wys(e, v. [ME and e.m.E. vise (c1325); aphetic f. Avise v.] tr., reflex. To bethink (oneself), take careful thought. Cf. also Wis v.2 2 for examples which could possibly belong here. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xliii 345.
For-thi is gud ȝe wyse ȝu weile, Or ȝe tyne al varldis sele c1460 Thewis Wysmen 174.
Thai wys thaim weill ore at thai say a1568 Bannatyne MS 75a/6.
Dreid God, do weill … Seik weill at weill, and vyis thé voundir weil
