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Quotation dates: 1420, 1585-1606
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Half-brother, -brothir, -brodyre, n. [ME. halfbrother (13 … ), halfebrodyre (c 1475), cf. ON. hálfbróðir, Du. halfbroeder.] A half-brother. — c1420 Wynt. vi. 1837.
This Hardknowt on his modyre syde Till Saynt Edward wes … Halff brodyre a1586 Maitland Geneal. Setoun 29.
Cuthbert half brother … to George Lord Setoun 1606 Edinburgh Testaments XLI. 253 b.
Andro Park, his half brother
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