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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1531
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(Fraining,) Franing, -yng(e, vbl. n. [ME. fraynyng, franyng (a 1300).] Asking, questioning. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xviii. 397.
Al thir circumstance … , Quhare-of I sal mak thé franynge 1531 Bell. Boece II. 207.
At last, be lang franing of his wife, he schew quhat schame the king had done to him
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