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Outfangand-thef(e, n. Also: out(e)fangand(e)-, outfangan- and -theff, -theif, -theyf(f, -thiefe. [Early ME. (quasi-OE.) utfangene þeof (a 1135), utfangentheif (12th c.), -thef (1336), outfangen(e)thef (1292, c 1300), patterned on OE. infangen(ne) þéof (see Infangtheif).] = Outfangtheif(f.For further examples see Infangtheif n. (b). 1376 Reg. Great S. (1814) 129/2.
Cum … toll & theame et infangandtheff & outfangandtheff 1396 Reg. Paisley 91.
Outfangandthef 14.. Acts I. 200/2.
Cum … furca et fossa infanganthiefe et outfanganthiefe et cum tenendrijs et libere tenentium servitijs 1429 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 390.
Outfangand theyff 1448 Highland P. II. 182.
Outfangande theff 1490 Reg. Episc. Brechin. II. 15.
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