† oˈbeisand, obeysand, a. Obs.
[A northern form in which F. obéissant, obeisant receives the northern participial ending -and1, and thus becomes in form the pr. pple. of obeis obeish v.]
= obeisant, obedient.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce viii. 10 That land He maid till him all obeysand. c 1500 Lancelot 642 He..makith al obeisand to his honde, That nocht is left wnconquest in that lond. a 1568 in Bannatyne Poems (1873) 104/28 He..ordanit all at thy command to be, And thow to be obeysand to his lawis. |