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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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(Wodekern,) Widcairn, n. [e.m.E. wodkerne (1548).] An Irish outlaw. — a1680 Blair Autob. 57.
The wolf and widcairn were great enemies to these first planters [sc. in Ulster]
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