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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Land(e, Lawnd(e, n.2 [ME. launde (1340), OF. la(u)nde, med. L. landa.] An open space in a wood, a clearing, a glade. Only in Wyntoun. — c 1150 Liber Dryburgh 78.
[Landam illam que vocatur Caddysleya c 1160 Ib. 80.]
Landam illam que dicitur Herdesley c1420 Wynt. iv. 275.
That chymys was … Set in a lawnd [C. lande, W. land, L. in planitie] off fresch flewowre … Wytht wode and wattyre all abowte Ib. v. 2187.
[He] In till a lawnd [C. lawnde, W. feild] wytht-owte the towne, Gert disscend hys pavylowne Ib. vii. 50.
Thare thay fand A fayre brade land [C. lawnde, W. plane, L. planitiem latam] and a plesand, A lytill hill off nobill ayre, All wode abowt bathe thyk and fayre
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