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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1520-1535
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Erdtelare, -teelare, n. Also: erde telare. [ME. erthe tilier (Wyclif).] A tiller of the ground. — c1520-c1535 Nisbet Matt. xxi. 33.
Thar was ane husbandman, that planntit a wyneyard, … and set it to hyre to erde telaris c1520-c1535 Ib. 34.
He sent his seruandis to the erd teelaris
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