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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bound, v.2 [Later form of Boun v., with excrescent d as in e.m.E. bound ppl. a. and (rarely) bownd v.] intr. and refl. To make ready; to be bound (for a place). 1573 Sempill Sat. P. xxxix. 3.
Addres ȝour armour, bound ȝow for debait a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xxxii. 30.
I will not bind, bot vhair I bound to byde 1596 Dalr. II. 447/4.
That … [the] men of weir suld passe affe Scotland boundeng to France
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