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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1513-1611
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Anguis, Anguishe, n. Also: angwis, angwys; anguisch(e, anguys(c)he, angwisch(e. [Early ME. anguise, -isse, angwys(e, anguish, etc., OF. anguisse, angoisse, L. angustia.] Anguish.(a) a1400 Legends of the Saints xviii. 627 (for angusne [sic] fast I quoke). 1513 Doug. ii. ii. 97 (in angwys and in feir). 1531 Bell. Boece II. 343 (anguis and sorow). 1562-3 Winȝet I. 72/11 (dolour and anguis). a1585 Montg. P. i. 109 (to langwis in angwis).(b) [c1520-c1535 Nisbet 2 Cor. vi. 4 (in nedis, in anguischis).] 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 39/9 (noy, anguische, or displesour). a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 307 (in angwische I langwische).1611 Mure Early Misc. P. ii. 32 (out of the anguisch of his hert).
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