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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Strangil(l)it, ppl. adj. [ME and e.m.E. stranglid (Wyclif), strangled (Shakespeare); Strangil(l v.] That has been killed by strangulation. Also absol. In Nisbet after Purvey, or in reference to Acts xv 20. — c1520-c1535 Nisbet Acts xv 20.
That thai abstene thame fra defouling … and fra fornicatioun and strangilit [P. stranglid] thingis —absol. c1520-c1535 Nisbet Acts xv 29.
That ye abstene you fra the offrit things of malmentis, and blude, and strangilit, and fornicatioun 1550 Knox III 45.
From strangillit, and frome blude, sall ye absteane
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