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Quotation dates: 1375-1420, 1475-1651
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Daw, v. Also: dau, dall; p.t. dawit, dew; p.p. dawyn, dawin. [ME. dawe(n, early daȝen, OE. daᵹian.] intr. To dawn.(a) a1400 Legends of the Saints i. 58.
Ilkane nycht as day cane daw, As he mycht heyre the cok craw a1400 Ib. xviii. 569.
Quhene the day beguth to daw c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 2860.
And with dawande the day licht His dewynouris he gart but hone Be callede c1420 Wynt. vii. 2747.
In to the nycht, or day couth dawe c1420 Ib. viii. 3500.
Swne as it was dawand day, Thare fays in the face thai met c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace v. 321.
Thiddyr he come or day begouth to daw a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 924.
Riche douchereis seir … , During quhill day dawis c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 511.
Thus draif thai our that deir night … Quhill that the day did vp daw c1550 Rolland Court of Venus iv. 359.
Wa worth the day that euer it did daw 1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 192.
Hay, now the day dallis 1570 Satirical Poems xii. 161.
Suppois ȝe hecht, to se ȝow fecht, That day will neuer daw a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xli. 1.
Hay, now the day dauis; The jolie cok crauis(b) 1375 Barb. xvii. 102.
Als soyn as it dawit day a1400 Legends of the Saints xl. 1417.
One the morne, as it dew day c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 757.
Or ony day dew lyght, That dyd away myrknes of nyght c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii. 861.
The ost … restyt still quhill that the bricht day dew a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 363.
Vpon the morne airlie, quhen the day dew a1500 Golagros and Gawane 600.
The deir dight him to the deid, be the day dew a1651 Calderwood IV. 636.
That same night, ere the day dew, or the sunne rose(c) 1375 Barb. iv. 377.
Or day wes dawyn lycht, Thai war enbuschit the castell neir c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 797.
Whene the day was dawyne lyght a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 383.
He … catchit on his way … be the day was dawin 1513 Doug. vii. Prol. 126.
Quharby the day was dawyn weill I knew
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