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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1917
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BEFANKL'T, v., mostly as pa.p. Twisted, entangled. [bə′fɑŋklt]Edb. 1917 T. W. Paterson Wyse-Sayin's o' Solomon xxii. 24–25:
An' keep yont oot the gate o' the crabbit; For, aiblins, ye micht lairn to be like him, An' get a girn befankl't aboot yer ain saul.
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