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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Epitaphy, n. Also: epitaphi(e, -tafy, -thafy, epythaphi. [ME. epy-, epitaphy, epythaphy (1387), L. epitaphium.] An epitaph. —c1420 Wynt. vi. 590 (W).
For to expound in Inglis leid Thir epitafyis that we reid, Epithafy is to say A writt abufe a graif Ib. 646 (R).
In Ycolmkill lyis hys body Wndyr this epitaphy 1533 Boece ii. viii. 72 b.
King Rewtha … devisit that the famous actis of nobill men … be honorable sepulturis & epythaphijs suld be decorit Ib. x. v. 356.
He was laid in sepulture with this epithaphie
