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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1375, 1533-1578
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Manly-, Manlines, n. [Late ME. and e.m.E. manlynesse (c 1450).] Manliness, manly qualities, valour, independence of spirit. —1375 Barb. ix. 77.
[If men a] vikkid chiftane has, His vrechidnes so in thame gais That thai thair manlynes sall tyne 1533 Boece x. xiii. 381.
Thai changeit … all thare femynite in hardyment & manlynes 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 8648.
Euerie man delites thair to abyde That … Leirning sall leir, maners and manlynes 1560 Ib. 1960, 5514. a1578 Pitsc. II. 303/19.
Bot than quhair was thair manlines and proudnes
