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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1649-1655
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Ley, v.Var. of Ly v. — a1400 Legends of the Saints vii. 482.
In til a … cawe … wele foure dais can thai ley But met & drink 1649 Lamont Diary 11.
Our King, now leyen at the iylles of Jernsey and Gernsey 1655 Ib. 83.
A shipe that was leyen in Leith Read
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