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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1499, 1575
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(Soumit,) Sowmyt, ppl. adj. [Soum v.1 2 a. Cf. e.m.E. summ'd (1607) summed-up, earlier y)somed (c1410), sommyd (c1450) etc., in different senses.] ? Added up, totalled; ? estimated. — 14.. Acts I 338/2.
In the air of chalmerlane sowmyt skaithis aw nocht to be followit … quhill xl dais be runnyn c1575 Balfour Pract. 589.
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