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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Incarnatio(u)n, Incarnacio(u)n, -acoun, n. Also: -atyoune, -atyown(e. [ME. incarnacio(u)n (1297), late L. incarnātio.] The Incarnation of Christ.c1420 Wynt. i. 23.
The incarnatyown That made oure salvatyowne Ib. v. 1498.
Crystys incarnatyown 1490 Irland Mir. I. 5/20.
Eftir the tyme of grace and his haly and blist incarnacioune Id. Asl. MS. I. 57/13.
In his haly incarnacioun, passioun, resurrectioun c1515 Asl. MS. I. 215/6.
Scotland was a kinrik before the incarnatioun [444] ȝeris 1531 Bell. Boece I. 253.
Fra the incarnatioun of God [412] yeris c1552 Lynd. Mon. 5290.
From Abraham … To Christis incarnatioun
