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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Enarmit, p.p. and ppl. a. Also: -armyt, -armed, -ermit. [ME. enarmed (c 1320); cf. Enarm v. and Anarmit.] Equipped with arms or armour. (Very common c 1450–1575.)(1) 1429 Acts II. 18/2.
Ilk burges hafand 1 lib. in gudis salbe hail enarmyt as a gentil man aucht to be 1456 Hay I. 49/25.
Ane hundreth thousand of fut men, and twenty thousand horsemen … all wele enarmyt Ib. II. 50/7.
Because that sum hors ar enarmyt with sik harneis as efferis to defend thair corps c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlii. 99.
That nobill king … gadderit ane grit ost, And all enermit [etc.] 1513 Doug. ii. vi. 40.
We thocht maist semly in a feld To be feghtand, enarmyt vnder scheld 1535 Stewart 9733.
Quhen Voyda … And hir wemen enarmit wer full weill c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 163.
He was sa weill enarmit, He did escaip fra thame vnharmit 1574 Acts III. 91/1.
Euery landit man … [to] be enarmit in harnes licht or havy a1578 Pitsc. I. 97 (I).
John Colless … quha had in gouernance thrie hundreith abill men weill arreyit and enarmyt c1590 J. Stewart 40/374.
Enarmed all thay dalie stuid in doutfig. a1500 Bk. Chess 846.
So suld his saull with gret intelligens Of knychtlie werteu be enarmed richt(2) a1568 Scott i. 183.
Enarmit knychtis at listis with scheild and speir a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI 92.
Requyring support of enarmit men for defence of the Kingis caus