Sc. Obs. Also 4 asyth, 5 assithe, asith, 6 aphet. sith. [northern and esp. Sc. form of ASSETH(E sb.] 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 quhareof 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.
