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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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(Erit-,) Erytab(il)ly, adv. [Var. of Heritably.] By right of inheritance. —1397 Douglas Chart. 38.
The kyng sall gif … the forsaydys lardschyppis into fre regalle erytabilly [v.r. erytably] to the sayde Jorge