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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1500
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Aport(e, Apport(e, n. [ME. and e.m.E. aport, apport, F. aport.] Bearing, demeanour. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxi. 63.
Scho wes … of gud aport & fare hafinge c1420 Wynt. ii. 77.
In all apport scho prowit man, Suppos in fourme scho wes woman c1420 Ib. ix. 3144.
The multitude … Commendyt heily his affere, His aporte, and his manere c1450-2 Howlat 614 (B).
The plesand povne in a-port, proude to repair a1500 Doug. King Hart i. 114.
Hie apporte, Bewtie, and Humilnes a1500 Ib. 229.
Syne fresche Apport come on the tother syd
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