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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1420, 1475-1599
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Conford(e, -furd, n. [ME. conford (15th c.) var. of comford.] = Confort n. a1400 Legends of the Saints l. 963.
Tak confurd to thé, quene c1420 Wynt. vi. 762.
All thare dedis to record Wald lenth the tyme wyth-owt conforde c1420 Ib. viii. 6569.
Beis tharefore off gud confurd all c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace iii. 335.
Thar leyff thai tuk, with conforde in to playn c1475 Ib. x. 650.
Till all his folk a gret conford he maid 15.. Clariodus iv. 2472.
Raising on loft, with joy and grite conforde. The hearts of all the nobill audience
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