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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Belt, n. Also: belte, bellt, beilt. [ME. belt, beltr, OE. belt, ON. belte, belti.] A belt; a girdle or sword-belt. 1375 Barb. x. 175.
[To] ber Ane hachit. that war scharp to scher, Vndir his belt a1400 Leg. S. xxvii. 690.
He … byschape staf gef hyme alsa, & belt Ib. xxxvi. 279.
With a belte of reucht skine made ?1438 Alex. ii. 3221.
Bareshank but belt, in kirtill alane 1457 Peebles B. Rec. 119.
A sillar belt, a sillar spon c1475 Wall. i. 218.
It war thi kind … A Scottis thewtill wndyr thi belt to ber a1500 Bk. Chess 1568.
At his belt suld hyngand be a purs Ib. 1746.
At his belt his key is suld he beire 1508 Rentale Dunkeld. MS. 45 b.
Twa burdis of beltis of welwois, the price sex schillingis aucht greit 1520 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 202.
A belt of siluer ouregilt, weyand vi vncis c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 124.
Belt and brochis of siluer fyne 1568 Buch. Indict. 35.
Sche being corpolent … wes lattin downe in ane belt … , q[uhi]lk belt brak a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xvii. 53.
Most from the belt vp scho wes bair 1603 Montgomery Mem. 250.
For ane bellt to my pag[e] 1649 Wemyss Chart. 233.
My laither beilt

b. Attrib. with hede, stede (place). 1455 Acts II. 43/1.
That all Erlis sall vse mantillis … furryt with quhyt. … ane hand braide to the belt stede 1590 Edinb. Test. XXI. 178 b.
Thrie dosone and nyne belt heidis