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† ˈlewty, ˈlawty Chiefly Sc. Obs.
Forms: α. 4 leute(e, lewete, leautee, 4–5 leaute, 4–6 lewte(e, 5 lewted, leutye. β. Sc. (4 leawte), 4–6 lawte, lawty, laute, 5 lauta, lawta, 5–6 lawtie, 6 lautie, lawtay, 7–8 lata, 8 lawtith, lateth.
[a. AF. leuté, lewté, F. leaute, lealte, lealted, mod.F. loyauté (= Pr. leyaltat, leiautat, lealtat, Sp. lealted, It. lealtà):—med.L. lēgālitāt-em: see legality; cf. loyalty, lealty.]
Fidelity, loyalty. Often in phr. by or for my, thy (etc.) lewty.
a1300Cursor M. 1655 (Gött.) Ȝe eyth, for ȝour treu leute Alone i haue granted mi gre. Ibid. 12252 (Gött.) Queþen he come..I ne wate, be mi laute. 13..Guy Warw. (A.) 1743 Gode man..for thi leute, What is thi name, telle thou me. 1375Barbour Bruce i. 364 Larg and luffand als wes he, And our all thing luffyt lawte. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 144 Thay brake the lewted that Stablid was to Profite of mann and hele. 1460Lybeaus Disc. 1940, I woll yelde me, In trewthe and lewte, At thyn owene wylle. c1470Henry Wallace viii. 11 Fra this tyme furth kepe lawta till our croune. c1510Gest R. Hode iii. in Arb. Garner VI. 438 ‘Now God so me help!’ said Little John, ‘And be my true lewte!’ 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 116 Ȝone on the leid that lawtie hes forlorne. a1572Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 354 Upoun our lautie, fidelitie, and honour. 1670Ray Prov. 286 Lata is lang and tedious. 1721Kelly Sc. Prov. 230 Lata is long and dwigh [read dreigh]. 1728Ramsay Step-daughter ii, She neither has lawtith [ed. 9 lateth] nor shame. |