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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1513
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Bestad, p.p. [ME. bestad (c 1300), bested, mod. E. bestead.]. Situated, circumstanced. (Cf. nede bestad.) — 1513 Doug. x. xi. 17.
All efferd … I am bestad 1513 Ib. xi. xi. 130.
With wikkyt fatis sen bestad is ȝon maid
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