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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Ceté, Ceité, n. Also: cetie, ceittie. [ME. ceté, cety (14th c.), var. of the usual cité, etc.: see Cité.] A city.(a) 1422 Stirlings of Keir 209.
The cete of Glasgu c1420 Wynt. i. 931.
Dyuers othir … Off natyownys and off ceteys sere Ib. 151 (E).
By Alexander that cete It enteris in the Mekil See 1461 Liber Plusc. 386.
Sen we haue heire na cete permaneint c1460 Wisd. Sol. 750.
Oft tyme … a gret cete has been segit with a gret prince c1500-c1512 Dunb. vii. 55.
In euery cete, village, and in toune 1531 Glasgow Prot. IV. 40.
Ane foyr place lyand within the cete of Glasgw 1595 Conv. Burghs I. 460.
Deykin of the wrichtis of the Cete of Sanctandrois(b) 1513 Doug. xii. xi. 124 (Sm.).
He … from hys cart blent to the cetie prest c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1741.
Aboute the cetie of stagis [were] Foure houndreth aind four score, I wys 1575 Mun. Univ. Glasg. I. 94.
The said cetie of Glasgow 1578 Bk. Carlaverock II. 484.
The cetie of Carlisle, with ane strang castell and citidaill thairin(c) 1564 Scot. Ant. Oct. (1901) 80.
Tlne haill ceite of Sanct Androis Ib.
Be crewall slaying of utheris in the said ceitie 1687 Misc. Bann. C. II. 295.
The ceittie of Edinburgh