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Quotation dates: 1375-1596
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Falshed(e, Falsheid, n. Also: falsehede, falshead; falshad; falsade. [ME. falshede (c 1290), f. Fals a.] Falsehood.(a) a1400 Legends of the Saints i. 398.
Petir and Paul … vndide Al the falshed that Symon dyde c1420 Wynt. vii. 2178.
This I wrat noucht in errure, In falshed, na in till dyshonwre 1456 Hay II. 36/3.
Falsehede, trechery, traysoun, … and syk lyke thingis 1490 Irland Mir. I. 134/35.
In the promys is … nouthire doubilnes na falshede 1513 Doug. ii. i. 64.
Thar lurkis sum falshed tharin 1596 Dalr. I. 30/27.
Be falshed … and treasone of ennimies nocht seindle hes it bene takne(b) c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii. 709.
Throcht falsheid, and thar subtilite, Thai thocht he suld … steyll out off the land 1492 Myll Spectakle of Luf 276/25.
Of the falsheid that wemen has nature has the wyte c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 460.
Faith has a fair name, bot falsheid faris bettir 1535 Stewart 27080.
Fy on thé, king! fy on thy falsheid, fy! a1570-86 Maitland Maitland Folio MS xiv. 69.
Flie feinȝeing flattering falsheid and dissait 1596 Dalr. II. 69/7.
That men put nocht … thair thochtis in falsheid(c) c1420 Wynt. vi. 2176.
Hys thryfft he has sald all owte, Quham falshad haldis wndyrlowte c1420 Ib. 2417.
Pryd, falshad, and covatys He held at wndyr(d) 1375 Barb. x. 286.
Falsade, tresoune, and felony He stude agane
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