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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1420, 1475-1599
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Dispoilȝe, -polȝe, v. Also: dispoy(i)lȝe, dyspoyleyhe, dyspolȝe. [Normal Sc. var. of Dispoilev. Cf. Dispulȝe v.] tr. To despoil, strip. Also fig. a1400 Legends of the Saints xviii. 1027.
Thai that thame dyspolȝeis of syne & consciens clene has thame in a1400 Ib. xxii. 322.
Decius … bad that he Dispolȝeit of his clathis suld be c1420 Wynt. v. 1340.
The fadyr, he sayd, … Dysspoyleyhyt the sone off fadyr love c1420 Ib. iii. 194 (C).
That thai suld be Dispoylȝeide, that war wnhoneste c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace xi. 1396.
Than he was dispalȝeid [sic] off his weid 15.. Clariodus v. 979.
Kingis and princessis … , Dispoilȝeit them of thair robis fair
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