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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1456
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Lesting, -yng, vbl. n. [ME. lestynge (Prompt. Parv.), lasting (14th c.), f. Lestv.1] Continuance, duration, permanence. Only early, esp. in the phr. to have lesting. = Lest n. — 1375 Barb. ix. 283.
Bot thai had bot schort lesting; For thai deyt sone eftre syne a1400 Legends of the Saints l. 368.
Of quham all thing … makis lesting, Wnsichtfull and sichtfull … Bath strenth & lenthing has c1420 Wynt. v. 3327.
Thare were … That enduryt and had lestyng Fully foure and twenty yhere 1456 Hay I. 212/23.
And men redis seldyn … a nacioun … till have had sa … lang enduring, na lesting as thai thare had
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