A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1558-1590
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Intre(i)tment, n. Also: intreat-. [Var. of entreit-, Entreatment, (e.m.E. intreatment, 1557).] Treatment. — 1558-66 Knox II. 378.
This freammed ... intreatment of your wyff 1568 Hosack Mary Q. of Scots 525.
He wreit to hir lamentand his evill intreatment and fremit vsaige c1590 J. Stewart 37/282.
In effect the forme did eftir fall Quhen till intretment doucelie he began c1590 Ib. 233 § 134/5.
No thing so rammage bot vill teime repair Be douce intreitment
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Intretment n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/intreitment>
