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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1456, 1570
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Ancester, n. Also: auncester. [Early ME. an-, auncestre, -sestre, OF. ancestre.] An ancestor, forefather. 1456 Hay I. 80/3.
The querelis of thair fore elderis and ancestris 1456 Ib. 280/12.
His fader and forefader and all his ancestris 1570 Leslie 26.
Groundit … upon custome of thair auncesters
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