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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1591-1666
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Mano(u)nday, Manno(u)n-, Manunday, n. [Var. (? latterly chiefly western) of Monounday n.: cf. Manday s.v. Mounday n.] Monday. — 1591 Thanes of Cawdor 207.
On Mannounday [pr. maun-] ? 1641 Irvine Mun. II. 53.
On Sonday and Manounday 1648 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 143.
On Manonday nixt 1648 Ib. 151.
Manounday 1653 Ib. 267.
Mannonday 1666 Rothesay B. Rec. 122.
On Manunday last 1666 Ib. 125.
Manonday cume aught dayis
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