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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Grecian, Gretian, n. [e.m.E. (1577).] A Greek. — (c 1580) Alex. i. 2675.
He … fra ane Greciane reft ane spere Ib. ii. 2917.
This Gretians noblenes 1549 Compl. 108/23.
Vtheris grit captans, baitht Romans and Grecians 1587–8 Ayr B. Acc. 160.
To the Greciane, to mak out the sowme of ten li. 1610 Edinb. B. Rec. VI. 61.
To foure Grecianes come frome Constantinople, for thair support 1622-6 Bisset I. 3/22.
The thrid monarchie of the Gretianis