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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1512, 1627-1628
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Mur(e)landis, Muirlands, a. [Mur(e)land n., with suffix as in Uplandis.] Of or pertaining to moorland, of the open country, rustic. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. xiii. 1.
Ane murelandis [B. mvrlandis] man of vplandis mak At hame thus to his nychtbour spak a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 1689.
Upaland folks hes muirlands maners
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