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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1490, 1549, 1600
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Salut(e, n.1 [Late ME salut (a1400–50) in sense b, e.m.E. salute (Caxton) in sense a, OF salut masc. (12th c. in Larousse), (1) ultim. f. L. salūtāre Salut(e v., (2) orig. fem., L. salūt-em health, safety, salvation.] a. (Spiritual or communal) health, safety or well-being. b. Greeting, salutation. —a. 1490 Irland Mir. II 8/4.
The knawlage necessar for our salute grace help and suple sufficient for our saluacioun 1490 Ib. 10/11.
Salut 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 72/14.
Natur hes oblist ȝou til auance the salute ande deffens of ȝour public veil 1549 Ib. 166/13.
Ȝe hef left the protectione of ȝour comont salut and ȝe ar be cum sodiours & pensionaris to ȝour enemeis 1600 Cal. Sc. P. XIII 618.
[God Almighty … prosper all things … to His glory and our] salut —b. 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 116/14.
Pausanias Duc of Spart, to the Kyng Xerxes salut 1549 Ib. 116/30.
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