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Quotation dates: 1399-1438
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(Min-,) Mynȝeotly, adv. Also (? erroneous) variant: menȝolly. Daintily, gracefully. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxvi. 506.
The wikit wife gert hir dochtir ga Aparalit in al thing in [h]al, & spring & loupe befor thaim al. & that did scho [sa] menȝolly, That it to se wes ferly ?1438 Alex. ii. 5849.
And Elyos full mynȝeotly Dansit
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