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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1533, 1626
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Interregn(n)e, n. [e.m.E. interreigne (1586), -raigne (1611), L. interregnum.] An interregnum. — 1533 Bell. Livy I. 43/13.
The governance continewit ane ȝere eftir the deith of Romulus, and was callit the Interregne 1533 Ib. 50/26.
Be deith of Numa the croun returnit … to the inter-regnne 1626 Garden Worthies 25.
As ane weell-worthie in there inter-regne, Prince Edward they … crouns ther king
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