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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1460-1500
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Tharne, Thorne, v. [ME and e.m.E. þarrnenn (Orm), þarne(n (c1300), tharn (Cursor M.), tharne (c1460), ON þarna.] tr. To lose, be deprived of (life, a person). Also absol. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xvi 443.
Scho the lyfe allane can thorne Fra that ilke barne wes borne 1460 Hay Alex. 3455.
Sum of his best men most thorne the liffe c1500 Makculloch MS xvi 29.
The defaut it sal be thine Gyf I thé thorne —absol. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxiv 188.
His fadyre … Send men to sek his barne, That ware his ded gyf he suld tharne
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