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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: 1399-1400
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Fyt(e, n. [App. var. of Fit n.1] A spell (of something). — a1400 Legends of the Saints x. 193.
To the puple sermon he mad Of ȝerdly paradyce a fyte [: it] a1400 Ib. xxxviii. 194.
That man … that fayntly has his lord nyt, … tholit neuir of ficht a fyt
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