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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1375
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Hamlet, Hamillet, n. Also: hamelat, -let. [ME. (north and north midl.) hamlete, hamelett(e (c 1330), OF. hamelet, (AF. also hamelete, hamlette).] A hamlet. —1375 Barb. iv. 195 (E).
Him worthit … , abid In till an hamillet [C. hamelat] thar by, A litill toun and wnworthy 1375 Ib. ix. 403.
Quhen sic a knycht … Into sic perill has him set To wyn a wrechyt hamillet [C. hamlet, H. hamelet]
