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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Laif-, Leif-So(u)nday, appar. altered form of, or misread for, laissonday Law Sonday n. (Low Sunday). —1501 Exch. R. XI. 450.
Et deliberabuntur annuatim apud portum de Leith die Lune proximo post Dominicam in Albis nuncupato Laifsonday annuatim1501 Reg. Great S. 549/1.
Deliberandis … die Lune proximo post Dominicam in Albis nuncupatam Laif Sonday1535-6 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 161.
The Tysday efter Laif Sonday1540 Acts II. 362/2.
And the first tyme [of wapenshawing] to be one the morne eftir Laif Sounday [Eds. 1566, 1597 Law Sonday, Sunday] nixt tocum Ib. 363/1.
Leif Sounday [Eds. 1566, 1597 Law Sonday, Sunday]
