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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1533
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Insufficientnes, n. [e.m.E. -nesse (c 1585).] = Insufficience b. — 1533 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 66.
For sersing of the gudnes … and warkmanschip of the said stuf, swa that our said souerane lord and his liegis be nocht begylit tharwytht anent the insufficientnes of the samin
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