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Quotation dates: 1581-1649
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God dochter, -ir, n. [ME. goddoghter, -doȝter, OE. goddohtor.] A god-daughter. — 1581 Edinburgh Testaments IX. 349 b.
To Margaret Edgelaw my awne goddochtir I leue tua pair of scheittis 1596 Montgomery Mem. 235.
To Jane Cuthbertson, … my god-dochter, xx lib. 1612 Edinburgh Testaments XLVII. 157 b.
Elisabeth Daliell my goddochter 1649 Wemyss Chart. 232.
My goddochtir, Anna Routhain
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