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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1549
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Chasty, Chaisty, v. Also: chasté, chaiste(e, chestee, -ie. [ME. chasty, chasti (a 1240), OF. chastier (L. castigāre).] tr. To correct or reprove; to chastise or punish. 1375 Barb. i. 122.
Wys men sayis he is happy That be othir will him chasty 1375 Ib. ix. 742.
Ȝe chasty me, bot ȝhe Aw bettir chastyit for till be a1400 Legends of the Saints xii. 112.
Fra scho saw scho na mycht Chasty hyme a1400 Ib. xxvii. 1299.
As thu se ned is, thu chasty 14.. Acts I. 44/2.
He sall chasty hir as a barne wythin elde c1420 Wynt. iv. 172.
Swa chastyid he suld be Fra foule lust c1420 Ib. vii. 3587.
He gert chasty mysdoarys 1456 Hay I. 68/16.
Sum faderis … coud nocht fynd in thair hertis to dyng na chasty thair barnis c1460 Consail Wys Man 417.
Chaistee thi childyr quhil thow may c1460 Thewis Gud Women 207.
Chaisté thaim quhill thai are child c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 37/28.
The persone suld fast sa discretly … that the syn be chastyit and pvnist 1513 Doug. vii. vi. 59.
Abufe myssuyr forsuth thai chaistyit war 1533 Boece x. xvi. 396 b.
He chastyit with rigoure the corruptit maneris of his ȝong discipillis 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 19/15.
He dois chestee them be the abstractione of that superfluite 1549 Ib. 23/19.
Ane vand of the fadir to correct & chestie the sone be mercy
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