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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1501-1513
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Dispers, p.p. [ME. (Gower) and OF. dispers, L. dispersus.] Dispersed, scattered. — 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. i. 222.
In that desert dispers in sonder scatterit Were bewis bair 1513 Id. Æn. xii. Prol. 90.
The spray bysprent with spryngand sprowtis dispers
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