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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Scheuand, adj. [ME siwe (Layamon), sewe, suwe, sue (Piers Plowman), etc., AF suer (OED), OF sivre, suire, suivre (1080 and late 13th c. in Larousse), L. sequere to follow.] Suitable, fitting; right in the circumstances. — a1400 Leg. S. ix 133.
Scheuand he wes as [v.r. was as he; L. Congruum enim fuit ut] Adame
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