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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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¶FLEEVEREN, n. The flood-tide (Sh. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XII. 77). [The form is obscure and phs. erroneous, ? a corruption of Norw. dial. pl. flöderene, the spring-tides.]
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