† subdit, a. and n. Chiefly Sc. Obs.
Also 5 -dyt(e, 5–6 -dite, -dict, 6 -det.
[ad. L. subditus subject (in med.L. as n. subject, vassal), pa. pple. of subdĕre to bring under, subdue, f. sub- sub- 2 b + -dĕre to put. Cf. It. suddito, Sp., Pg. subdito.]
A. adj. Subject. Const. to.
| c 1400 Love Bonavent. Mirr. (1908) 45 So that he myȝte knowe the noumbre of regiouns, of citees, and of the heuedes longynge to hem that weren subdyte to the Emperour of Rome. 1436 Libel Engl. Policy in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 197 For hym selfe and viij. kynges mo Subdite to hym. 1456 Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 180 [It] is nocht wele sittand that a grete lord suld be..subdyt till a symple knycht. c 1513 Douglas Let. Wolsey in Poet. Wks. (1874) I. p. cvi, He is subdite to the King in France. |
B. n. A subject.
| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xvi. (Magdalena) 772 In þat land, til he lefit, [he] duelt, & with his subditis sa vele delt. 1450 in Charters &c. Edin. (1871) 70 Till all and sundry our lieges and subdictis. 1507 Ibid. 191 Oure officiaris, liegis, and subdictis. 1536 Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 186 For administratioun of justice to his subdittis. 1555 W. Watreman Fardle Facions i. v. 59 The kinges vsing suche an equitie,..towarde their subdites. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 222 Eugenie the thrid..was meruellous clement toward his subdites. |