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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fortravalit, -trawaillyt, p.p. [ME. fortravailled (c 1305).] Exhausted with labour or exertion. — 1375 Barb. iii. 326.
The king saw that he sa wes failyt, And that he ek wes for-trawaillyt Ib. vii. 176.
The kyng, that all for-travalit was, Saw that hym vorthit slep neidwais a1500 Doug. K. Hart 356.
In defalt of sleip Scho bisselie [sic] as for-travalit scho wes
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