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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1499-1500
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Fon, n. [ME. fon (a 1300), a fool.] Folly, foolishness. — a1500 Henr. Fab. 1000.
Schir Tod, tak ȝe the flyrdome and the fon [: mon] a1500 Id. III. 152/64.
It is clippit in our cannon, Dia glecolicon, For till fle awaye fon
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