a. ME. and Sc. Obs. Also 4 teyte, tayt. [a. ON. teitr glad, cheerful, corresp. to a doubtful OE. tǽtan to gladden, cheer, from an adj. *tát, and in form to OHG., MHG. zeiz tender, dear, pleasing.] Cheerful, lively, active, nimble.
c. 1300. Havelok, 1841. Þe laddes wore kaske and teyte.
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., B. 871. I schal biteche yow þo two þat tayt arn & quoynt.
13[?]. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 1377. Techez hym to þe tayles of ful tayt bestes.
c. 1470. Henryson, Mor. Fab., VII. (Lion & Mouse) xiii. Sua come ane trip of myis out of thair nest, Richt tait and trig.
1500–20. Dunbar, Poems, xiv. 49. Ouir all the gait sa mony thevis sa tait.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, XII. Prol. 184. Litill lammis Full tait and trig socht bletand to thar dammis.
