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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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Vlewyne, adj. [?] ? Wicked, ? unkind. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xvii 292.
In Flavndris borne ves a clerk A tyrand man in vord & vark, & in baptysme was callit Stevyne, & to the powre was euir vlewyne [L. scelerum]
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