▪ I. † aˈssyth, n. Sc. Obs.
Also 4 asyth, 5 assithe, asith, 6 aphet. sith.
[northern and esp. Sc. form of assethe n.]
a. Satisfaction. b. Satisfaction for wrong done, reparation, compensation. to make assyth: to satisfy; to make reparation.
| c 1375 ? Barbour St. Johannes 601 He had nocht quhare⁓of to tak To mak asyth to þat beggar. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xviii. 105 And thowcht full Assyth to ta' And Vengeance of þe Brwis. 1439 E.E. Wills (1883) 119 Make dew assithe for allmaner land that is holden by me or in my name wrongfully. a 1450 York Myst., Skinners P v b, To hym will I make asith agayne. a 1600 Ps. lxxxiii. in Poems 16th C. (Jam.) Your bludie boist na syth can satisfie. |
▪ II. † aˈssyth(e, v. Sc. Obs.
Also 4 assith, 5 asythe, 6 assyith, aphet. sith.
[north. form of assethe v.]
1. To satisfy.
| c 1375 ? Barbour St. Georgis 118 Gold and siluir..At mycht assith fullely þare wil. c 1465 in Eng. Gilds 381 Foundyn defectyf, and after that asythed and contented. 1535 Bellendene Cron. Scot. ix. xxviii. (Jam.) The Kyng was nocht full sithit with his justice. |
2. To compensate, make compensation to; esp. for an offence or injury done.
| c 1375 ? Barbour St. Justina 489 Assith me Of þe lange seruice I haf mad þe. 1424 Act 2 Jas. I (1597) §46 Assyth the partie skaithed and compleinand. 1609 Skene Reg. Majest. 111 He sall not onely assyth the partie, bot also tynes his office for zeare and day. |