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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1527-1568
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Lar(e, Lair, v. [Var. of Lere v.] tr. and absol. To learn. — a1400 Legends of the Saints vi. 398.
Memore … Is that thu laris thu nocht tyne 1527 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. II. 359.
[They] gaf lecenc to Gilbert Robertsone thair chorisstar to pas to the skoullis to lair to play one the organis for twa yeres a1568 Bannatyne MS 267 b/20.
Bot now I may dispone alway At hir falsheid to lair [: fair]
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