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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1498-1499, 1550-1561
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Mundiall, -iale, a. [Eccl. L. mundiāl-is, OF. mon-, mundial, f. mundus world; also e.m.E. (once) mundiall (1619).] Worldly. = Mundan(e a. a. — a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 1300 (H).
Ane thousand ȝere of ioy cotidiane Or ȝeit ane millȝeoun of myrthis mundiall [Asl. mundiale] a1499 Ib. 1523.
Vycis mundiall c1550 Rolland Court of Venus i. 744.
Lufe is foundit … men to desaif with foull lust mundiall a1561 Norvell Meroure 62 a.
Many trim storeis That wolde haue pleased persons mundiall Hauing delite into suche vaniteis
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