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Quotation dates: 1438
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(Serekin,) Seirkin, adj. [ME sere-kin, serkyn (Cursor M.); Ser(e adj. 2 and Kin n. 6.] Various; of several kinds. — ?1438 Alex. ii Prol. 4.
Quhen … flouris spredis on seirkin hewes, Blew and burnat, blak and bla ?1438 Alex. ii 6785.
And seirkin herbis of seir colouris
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