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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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The, Thee, v. [ME the (a1300), þeon (c1300), thee (Chaucer). P.t. þeaȝh (c1200). P.p. þieð (c1200), OE þíon, þéon.] intr. To thrive, prosper. Only in the exclamation sa mot I (thriue and) the. — a1400 Leg. S. xl 1168.
For, gif ne that ware, sa mot I the a1500 Henr. Fab. 469.
Weill said, sa mot I the [B. thee]. Ȝe ar ȝour fatheris sone and air vpricht, Bot off his cunning ȝit ȝe want ane slicht a1500 Prestis of Peblis 28 (Asl.).
The eldest … began the grace … And blist that breid with benedicite, With Dominus, amen, sa mot I the 1513 Doug. vi vii 74.
Malgre my wyl, Prynces, sa mot I the, From thy costis depart I was constrenyt 1560 Rolland Seven S. 2997.
Sa mot I thriue and the Ane gude exampill now ȝe haue schawin to me