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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1400
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Roth, Roith, adv. Erroneously altered form of Rathe adv., for eye-rhyme with southern forms, as Both, etc. Only in Troy-bk. — c1400 Troy-bk. ii 2259.
The mermadynnis … cummis roth And drownes tham and thare schippes bath c1400 Ib. 2742.
Menelay … Come vnto Thessaly full roith [: wroith] c1400 Ib. 2506.
Roith [: boith]
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