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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1513
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Mortfundyit, -fundeit, -fundit, ppl. a. [Mort adv. b; Fundyit ppl. a. But cf. also late ME. and e.m.E. (c 1410–18th c.) morefounde, -fonde, v., to take a chill, be benumbed with cold, F. morfondre to affect (a horse) with catarrh, to chill (one) through, f. F. morve mucus, catarrh, and fondre to melt.] Deadly cold. — 1513 Doug. vii. Prol. 136.
And scharp hailstanys, mortfundeit [Sm. -it, R. -yit] of kynd
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