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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1456, 1569-1586
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Gaynes(se, n. [ME. gaynes, -nesse (14th c.).] Gay feeling or quality. — 1456 Hay II. 122/11.
The gaynesse and the blythenes of the saule a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS lix. 9.
The gaynes of ȝeiris gent … away is went
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