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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1420-1596
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Concord, n. Also: -corde, -coird. [ME. concorde, -cord (c 1300), OF. concorde, L. concordia.]
1. Concord, agreement, harmony. c1420 Wynt. iv. 1746.
Antyocus … Tretyd wpone trw onone, And concord made wyth Scypyon c1420 Ib. vii. 1572.
Swne efftyr that dyscorde Togyddyr thai drewe in till concorde 1456 Hay I. 78/36.
It is mervaill that amang mankynde here suld be concorde 1456 Ib. 231/16; etc.
To here trety, and mak pes and concord with the king of Fraunce 1476 Acts Lords Auditors 53/2.
Baith the said partiis be concord consentit to the deliuerance vnderwrittin 1520 Edinb. Chart. 204.
For vnite and concord to be had betuix ws and thame 1531 Bell. Boece I. 57.
Thus was generall concord and blythnes maid 1551 Hamilton Catechism Pref.
To keip vniformitie and concord in setting furth to the people the doctrine 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 52.
Vnder hoip to be ane gude instrument of concord amangis the lordis a1578 Pitsc. I. 35/25.
Nor ȝeit ar we in sa honourabill estait, … as we war bot be the tyme of concoird among ws 1596 Dalr. I. 1/18.
Returning sinceirlie to the catholik concorde
2. An agreement for peace or harmony. ?1438 Alex. ii. 160.
Quha with the lord a concord mais, He sould [it] hald to all the laif c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace xi. 830.
Be this tresonabill concord Schyr Jhon suld be off all the Lennox lord 1513 Doug. xii. v. 177.
Latinus, … Fled to the cite, and … Left the concord ondone 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 138.
Thei ar come as men that wold treat a concord and agrieance
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