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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1375
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Combrows, a. [ME. combrous (c 1400), var. of cumb(e)rous Cumbrous a.] Difficult, troublesome. — 1375 Barb. x. 25 (E).
On athyr halff the montane was Swa combrows, hey, and stay, That it was hard to pass that way
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