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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1507-1508, 1591-1592
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Cor mundum. [L. ‘a clean heart’, after Ps. l. 12.] To cry cor mundum, to confess one's fault. — a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 394.
I sall ger crop thy tong And thow sall cry cor mundum on thy kneis 1591-2 Rob Stene 20.
It may very weill confound him, And him compell to cry cormund him [sic]
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