Citations:syte

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Scots citations of syte

syte, site: noun: sorrow, grief, suffering
  • 1790, Andrew Shirrefs, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, page 33:
    [To] dree the syte, to suffer punishment
  • 1938 [1768], Alexander Ross, The Scottish Works of Alexander Ross: Consisting of Helenore, [] :
    We'll a' be missing, I'll get a' the wyte, An' me my lane be made to bear the syte. [] Were a' the syte to light on you your lane.