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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1499-1606
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Fetch(e, v. [ME. fetch(e, var. of fecche Fech v.] tr. To fetch, to bring. c1420 Wynt. v. 1462.
Hyr husband … Gert medicynarys sone fetchyde be a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 1084.
Ane messingere fetchit me to my moder a1500 Ib. 1549.
Gedeon … Gart fetche ane barbour till him c1515 Asloan MS I. 203/9.
Till fetche hire out of Normondye 15.. Clariodus i. 119.
Ane leich to him beine fetchit hastilie 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 2349.
My motheris mayd scho come and fetchit me a1585 Maitland Quarto MS xliv. 62.
Monye nobill natioun … fetchit forraine forces into thair support 1606 Reg. Privy C. VII. 244.
James Forrett … going to his awin house … to have fetchit some bute arrowis
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