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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1400
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Commanding, -yng, -yne, vbl. n. [ME. comanding (c 1300).] Command(ment). — 1375 Barb. i. 256.
Quhethir he … suld … pay fryst that he awcht & syne Do furth his lordis commandyne c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1435.
At thar commandynge c1400 Ib. 2684.
Throw the king Pirrus commandinge
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