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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1420
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(Moutoun,) Mowtown, Mutoun, Mwtown, Muttown, -one, n. [ME. (Piers Plowm.) and e.m.E. motoun, mouton, MF. mouton lit. ‘sheep’.] ‘A French gold coin, bearing the figure of the Lamb of God (whence the name), current in the 14th and 15th centuries’ (OED.). — c1420 Wynt. viii. 6454,5.
Off gold he [sc. the King of France's emissary] browcht in to the land Off mwtownys [C. mowtown, W. muttown] fourty full thowsand: Thai mwtownys [W. muttone, Au., E.2 mutoun] all off fyne gold ware Four schillyngis ilkane worth, but mare
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