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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dissevering, -vyryng, vbl. n. [f. Dissever,v. Also e.m.E. (1537).] Separating. —c1475 Wall. vii. 557.
Our disseueryng I wald na Sotheroune saw Ib. xi. 599.
Thai had all seyn disseuyryng off Wallace Fra his gud men 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. xi.
The schamefull deid, without dissevering, Remanis ay, quhen pleseir is ago

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