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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 annuatim 1501 Reg. Great S. 549/1.
Deliberandis … die Lune proximo post Dominicam in Albis nuncupatam Laif Sonday 1535-6 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 161.
The Tysday efter Laif Sonday 1540 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]
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