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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1513
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Diseseful, Diseysful, a. [ME. diseseful (Wyclif).] Distressing, unpleasant. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xxix. 46.
I herde neuere rede … That man fra ioy to ioy suld fare For-oute it that diseseful ware 1513 Doug. vi. iv. 86.
The hard Labour, and diseysful Pane
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