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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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Fre-borne, a. [ME. fre born (c 1340).] Of noble birth. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xli. 139.
Ȝet for cause scho wes freborne Of hire kyne he had dred
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