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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1420
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Bowsumnes, n. [Northern ME. bowsumnes (c 1300), boghsomnes, varr. of buxumnes, etc., early buhsumnesse.] Obedience, humility. — c1420 Wynt. i. Prol. 82.
To bowsumnes ay yhelde I me c1420 Ib. viii. 1041.
Be resowne off this bowsumnes Mald the gud Qwene cald scho wes
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