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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1475-1515
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Falsnes, n. [ME. falsnes (1303).] Faithlessness. — c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace i. 39.
Quhen it [sc. Scotland] was lost with tresoune and falsnes … he fred it weyle c1515 Asloan MS I. 194/24.
Now the Romanis has tane thair name & falsnes togidder
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