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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1460
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Riches, n.2 [ME and e.m.E. riches (Layamon), ryches (Wyclif), etc., f. Riches n.1, construed as being plural.] Riches, wealth, viewed as discrete sums of money or accumulations of valuables. — c1460 Wisdom of Solomon (S.T.S.) 254.
Na he that louis riches our-mekill sal neuir have gret joy of thaim
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