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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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(Hede-,) Hiedlang, adv. [Late ME. hedlong (1482).] Headlong. —c 1500 Justiciary Rec. I. 157.
The nerrer that ane man be in perrell … he rynnis the mair hie[d] lang tharto
