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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1473-1474
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Patyn, n. [ME. and e.m.E. paten (1390), -ayn (1397), -eyne (c 1440), -yn (1480), F. patin (13th c. in Littré), med. L. patinus.] A kind of shoe or sandal; a patten. — 1473 Treasurer's Accounts I. 29.
To Caldwele of hire [sc. the Queen's] chalmire, to pay for patynis and corkis 1474 Ib. 28.
For lxx pare of patynnis to the king xxxv s.
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