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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1475
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Dow, v.4 [ME. thow, thou (c 1450).] tr. To address as ‘thou’. — c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace i. 399.
Wallace ansuerd, said; ‘Thow art in the wrang.’ ‘Quham dowis thow, Scot? in faith thow serwis a blaw.’
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