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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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(Threting,) Thretting, ppl. adj. [ME and e.m.E. þretyng (14th c.), threthynge (Cath. Angl.), thretyng (1510), threating (1641); Thret(e v.] Threatening. = Thretning ppl. adj. — 1650 Dumfr. & Galloway Soc. LI (1975) 51.
Shoe in a thretting way promised him ane other thing to think vpoun
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