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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500, 1662
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Libbar, -er, n. a. ? Cf. late ME. and north. e.m.E. lybbere (15th c.), libber gelder, sow-gelder. b. f. Lib v.1: cf. OE. lybbestre a witch. —a. a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow i. 59.
Scho callit to hir cheir … A libbar and a lyarb. 1662 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries XXII. 228.
[In Crook of Devon,] Ye confessed … that ye was a witch, a charmer, and a libber
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