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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1490
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Hare, n.3 [North. ME. (14th c.), var. of Hair n.3, assimilated to Haren.2] Haircloth. Also comb. with clath. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xxiii. 191.
He in sorow led his lyf, Sytand in askis & gled [= clad] in hare [MS. chare; L. indutus cilicio] a1400 Ib. xxxvi. 278.
Into arsk hare he wes clede —comb. c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 24/16.
All thing pvnissand the body for syn, as to were the hare clath … and all siclyk thing
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