Obs. Also 5 -quidie, -quydy, -quedye, 5–6 -quedie, (6 syrcuyte). [a. OF. surquidee, *sourcuidee, f. s(o)urcuidier: see SURQUIDANT and -Y.] = prec.
c. 1407. Lydg., Reason & Sens., 2581. Pompe, pride, and surquedye.
14[?]. Chaucer’s Pars. T., ¶ 993 (Harl. MS.). Þe Surquidie þat he haþ in cristes mercy.
1430–40. Lydg., Bochas, Prol. (MS. Bodl. 263), 3/1. Thei … Supposyng in ther surquedie Ther estatis sholde be durable.
1540. St. Papers Hen. VIII., III. 187. Ther grete pryde and surquedy ys partely swaged.
1560. T. H., trans. Ovid’s Fable Narcissus, D ij. Syrcuyte and pride.
1595. T. Edwards, Cephalus & Procris (Roxb.), 29. Pale death Lay with his surquedie to draw her breath.
1819. Scott, Ivanhoe, xxviii. Are ye yet aware what your surquedy and outrecuidance merit, for scoffing at the entertainment of a prince of the House of Anjou?
