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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1392, 1468
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Hath(e, varr. of Athe n. (oath). — 1392 Lennox Mun. 49.
Tyl halde ferme and stable … we gaf bodily hathe1468 Lindores A. 163.
That wrangusly he hayd brocekyn the hath and the obligatoun that he had mayd
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