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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1576-1586
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Fontstane, n. Also: fontestane, fonstane; funtstane. [ME. fonsston, early fonstan.] A baptismal font. — a1400 Legends of the Saints x. 496.
The king … that befor baptysme had tane Of the apostilat fonte-stane a1400 Ib. xxix. 818.
At fonstane a1400 Ib. xxxii. 98.
At fontstane 1576 Criminal Trials I. ii. 52.
He sperit at hir … gif scho wald denye … the faith sche tuke at the funt-stane a1586 Lindsay MS. 40 b.
Thus is he tuys howen, first at the fontstane for the saluatioun of his saule
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