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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Afore-, Afoirtime(s, adv. [Afore adv. In Eng. use with time from c 1420, with times from 1587.] Formerly. 1513 Doug. xiii. Prol. 138.
Gif thou has afore tyme gayn onrycht 1564 Peebles B. Rec. 299.
The counsall … ordanis the said master to wait … better on the bairnis nor he doid affor tyme a1578 Pitsc. I. 240/9.
Nevir siclykk was seine … for the entres of na queine that was resawit afoirtyme in scotland 1596 Dalr. I. 30/3.
This oxx or bull … was afortyme a frequent beist in this Torr Wod
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