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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1549
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Olimp. [L. Olympus, Gk. Ὂλυμπος: cf.e.m.E. Olympus (1580).] Olympus; here put for: Heaven, the sky. — 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 3/12.
The maist illustir potent prince … vndir the machine of the supreme olimp 1549 Ib. 32/15.
The sempeternal olimp
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