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Quotation dates: 1475-1483, 1577-1578
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Cuntas, n. Also: cunttas, cuntasse. [ME. cuntasse, -tas: cf. Countas.] A countess. — c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace x. 101.
Cunttas off Merch was Cumyns sister der 1483 Acts Lords of Council II. Introd. 133.
Jonet, Cuntasse of Cathnes a1578 Pitsc. II. 210/21.
The cuntas of Lennox … desyred … to speik with him
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