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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1490-1578
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Indignatioun, -ation(e, n. Also: -atyoune, -atyowne, -acioun, -acione; indingnation. [ME. indignacioun (c 1374), -acion (c 1380), -ation (1513).] Indignation. c1420 Wynt. i. 168.
Thai made thair sacrifice … , Kayin with indignatioune c1420 Ib. 176.
With ire and indignatiowne 1490 Irland Mir. I. 108/26.
The gret ire & indignacioune of the godheid agane mankind 1531 Bell. Boece I. xxxvii.
Thocht the keparis tak fra thir fowlis thir stikkis and treis, yit thay tak litil indingnation thairof 1533 Id. Livy I. 28/22.
Romulus … dissimulit the indignacioun of his mynde 1533 Ib. II. 54/30.
Thay haue indignatioun that ȝe may ... draw ȝoure aynde c1552 Lynd. Mon. 684.
O gentyll redar, haif none indignatioun 1562-3 Winȝet I. 34/12.
In the wrath and indignation of His fury a1578 Pitsc. I. 68/32.
The Duke … tuik sic haitrent and indignatioun
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