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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1512
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Lucifera. = Lucifer a, with Lat. fem. ending as if the name of a classical goddess. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 81.
Thir mychti quenis … Wyth bemys blith, bricht as Lucifera [: Proserpina, Minerua, Lucina]
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