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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1549
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Germe, n. [F. and e.m.E. germe (1644).] A germ. —1549 Complaynte of Scotland 1/5.
The precius germe of ȝour nobilite … bringis furtht … hoilsum frute of honour
