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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1573
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Contempnit, ppl. a. [e.m.E. contempned (1552).] Contemned, despised. —1573 Satirical Poems xli. 2.
Thow pure contempnit Kirk of God, In Scotland scatterit far abrod
