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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1420, 1549-1597
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Falsed(e, n. [ME. falsed(e, var. of Falshede.] Falsehood. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxi. 658.
I mon spek now, … for I wil falsede vnhyd c1420 Wynt. v. 4589.
Symacus … Defamyd wes off gret crimys, All of fallsed and inwy 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 181/11.
Quhilk is occasione that the inglis men be ther falsed and subtilite persecutis our realme a1570-86 Maitland Maitland Folio MS clxxx. 80.
I pray to God … Falsed and wrange be now banist for ay 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Iter.
All kinde of falsed in doing of justice
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