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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1512, 1567-1568
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Hale, Haile, n.1 [ME. hale (once, c 1440).] A halo. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxiii. 1 (A).
As ȝung Aurora with hir cristall hale [B. haile] In orient schew hir wisage pale a1568 Bannatyne MS 229 b/24.
Behald … how Aurora … Inbalmes with hir cristall hale The grene and tendir pylis ȝing
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