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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: <1375, 1375-1420, 1490
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Feyning, -yng. Also: feyhnnyng. [ME. feynyng (c 1380), f. Feyn(e,v.] Feigning. — a 1350 Facs. Nat. MSS. ii. 14.
Sine simulatione [gl. feyning] c1420 Wynt. viii. 160.
He … suld swere, that, but feyhnnyng, He suld that arbytry declare c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 16/21.
Quhen thow applyis thé to it without feynyng
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