A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1646
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Alicht, Alycht, v.1 Also: all(e)icht. [ME. alighte, aliȝten, alihten, OE. álihtan: see Licht v.1 In Sc. app. after Chaucerian use.] intr. To alight; to dismount, descend.1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. ii. 366 (beside that well alichtit doun thir musis); 1513 Æn. vi. i. 21 (softly he gan alicht); vii. i. 88. 15.. Clariodus ii. 1786 (thus raid the King … and thair he did alycht). a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae (Laing MS.) 106 (alleichtit on the ȝeird). 1646 Maxwell Mem. I. 337 (allichted affe his horse).
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