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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

SYTE, n.2 In phr. to get one's heart's syte on, to be revenged on, to get requital from.Sc. 1710 T. Ruddiman Gl. to Douglas Aeneis:
I have gotten my heart's syte on him, i.e. my heart's desire on him, or all the evil I wish'd him.

[O.Sc. syth, satisfaction, amends, 1567, heart's syth, 1661, aphetic form of assyth, id. See Sythment, Assyth(e), Assyth(e)ment.]

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