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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1486-1596
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Eith, adv. Also: eyth, heith. [ME. ethe, eth, OE. éðe, éaðe.] Easily. a1400 Legends of the Saints xi. 204.
That thai mycht Heithar our-cum thé in feycht a1487 Gud Wyf & D. 9.
Men suld consyder That womanis honor is mair slyder And eythar blekyt be mekill thing a1500 Henr. Fab. 1075.
His deith be practik may be preuit eith a1500 Ib. 1753 (B).
That garris a man … fro perrell ethar him defend 1533 Bell. Livy I. 189/5.
It may be als eith done as said 1535 Stewart 4535.
Traist weill, he said, as ȝe ma eth considder [etc.] a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS xlv. 16.
Ane tre is eith bowit quhen that it is ȝoung 1581 Satirical Poems xliii. 163.
That lord can tell ȝow eith Quha was ȝour friendis 1596 Dalr. II. 395/26.
Quhen esilie and eith suffirit he him selfe to be persuadet
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