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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1456-1457
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Aly, v. Also: alli. [ME. alyene (1413). The final n was app. mistaken for the infinitive ending and dropped.] = Analie v. — 1456 Peebles B. Rec. 117.
The sayd Sym is oblyst for him and his arris thai sal nother alli, sel, na wedset that land to na man 1457 Ib. 118.
That scho nother sel na aly that arscap qwyl scho lefys
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