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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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For(e)moder, -modyr, n. [e.m.E. foremother (1582).] A female ancestor. — c 1476 Lennox Mun. 108.
His wiffis formoder or forfader a1500 Bernardus 156.
Quhilk cummys tham … Of thar formodyr Eua that tham bure
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