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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hangit, ppl. a. [ME. hanged (1451).] Hanged; also comb. with up. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 187.
Reistit … as hangitman on hill a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 546.
Hangit, mangit, eddir-stangit 1560 Rolland Seven S. 7678.
The schiref behude … to walk that hangit cors 1616 Crim. Trials III. 587.
The … galloussis … sall nocht be laiden with the wecht of the hangit vp carcadges 1624 Misc. Abbotsf. C. 143.
Ȝe was angrie and called him gallow bread, quhilk is, hangit man
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