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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1475
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Desaitfully, adv. [Cf. Desaitful(l,a. and Dissaitfully.] Deceitfully. — c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace vii. 34.
Desaitfully I may nocht se thaim hang c1475 Ib. x. 1102.
Desaitfully thus couth he him dissayf
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