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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1553, 1640
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Burthen(e, v. [Cf. Burthen(e,n.] tr. To burden. — 1553 Misc. Wodrow Soc. 126.
All the memberis off the Congregatioun ar nocht burthenit alyke 1640 Acts V. 310/1.
Ane lauchfull debt … quhilk shall burthene … the saidis estates
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