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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1475, 1558-1596
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Credance, -ans, Creddance, n. [ME. credance, rare variant of credence.] = Credence n. c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii. 1650.
I thé besek … [that] To the berer ye her and gyff credance [: France] c1475 Ib. xi. 969.
Quhen Bruce saw his credans, Tharoff he tuk a perfyt gret plesans 1558 Protocol Book of Gilbert Grote 19.
[He] had tane vp certane spycis fra thame on his credance vnpayit a1578 Pitsc. I. 221/3.
Bevar witht them and giue them no credance 1596 Dalr. I. 177/5.
Thay think to keip it in creddance 1596 Ib. 182/30; etc.
Nathir keipit the Iles lang credance
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