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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1456, 1513-1570
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Assalt, Assaut, n. Also: assaltt, assailt; assault, assawt(e, asawt. [Early ME. as(s)aut, later assaute, assawte, assaulte, etc., OF. as(s)aut.] Assault, attack.(a) 1375 Barb. x. 478 (at ane assalt he wes woundit). ?1438 Alex. ii. 2729 (the assaltis count I na thing). 1456 Hay I. 53 (be fors at assault). c1515 Asloan MS I. 177/31 (scharpe assaltis and danger). 1513 Doug. v. viii. 37 (with diuers assaltis). 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 6 (mony assaltis ande escarmuschis). 1570 Leslie 231 (the assailt was gevin).(b) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxiii. 927 (quhen thai assaut sal ma). c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 742 (of syk assawtes). c1420 Wynt. iv. 104 (wytht assawt or batayle); viii. 1782 (assawtis rycht fellown); etc.
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