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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1450, 1507-1596
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Fund, Fwnd, v.1 [ME. funde, fund (a 1300), L. fundāre. Cf. Found v.2] tr. To found, establish. a1400 Legends of the Saints xl. 379.
He had fundit a gret house Of gud men & of relegions c1420 Wynt. i. 1704.
Jerusalem first fwndyt he c1420 Ib. iii. 615.
He fwndyd Yhork that gret cyte 1424 Acts II. 7/1.
Anent hospitalys that ar fundit of almous dedis c1450 Craft of Deyng 61.
The treuth is fundyt apone this 1507 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. 352.
Ane chaplainry fundit at Sanct Dewynik altar c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4735.
That law … Quhilk neuer was fundit be resoun 1596 Dalr. II. 154/5.
He fundet the college of alde Aberdene
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