† shaythn.
Scottish.
Reason, what is reasonable; also, (a person's) rights.
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society > law > legal right > [noun] > one's right(s)
i-rihtsc1000
rightc1300
judgementc1350
duec1450
droit1481
shayth1542
say1614
legitimate1650
pretension1710
entitlement1782
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > [noun] > basis in reason > matter having
reasonc1230
shayth1542
rationality1654
rational1874
1542 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 72 Angnes Stone vrangit in the saying to Necoll Moressone that shayth war it to gadder ane dussane of quyins and gar lesch him quhill tha var ane inch of him togidder.
1546 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 88 Thomas Beyn for the wrangus slaying of ane zoung swyn out of his shayth pertenying to Johne Crokatt..sall pay to the said Johne four sillingis.
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