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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1561, 1614
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Magdaleines, Magdelanes. (Possess. of Magdalen(e, as the name of a hospital at Musselburgh: cf. Madelan b.) — 1561 Reg. Dunferm. 454.
To the lipper men at the Magdelanes besyd Mussilburgh 1614 Edinburgh Testaments XLVIII. 31.
In the Magdaleines in the eist chalmer thairof an aikin bed
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