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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1500
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Mawdelit, -lyt, n. [OF. *mal de lit, med. L. malum lecti.] Illness which confines one to bed, bed-sickness, as a legal essoign. — 14.. Acts I. 389/2.
Gif four sisteris be mot wyth a bref of richt may ilkane haiff assonȝhe of mawdelyt and ilkane of languor; na, nan bot ane in languor … and ilkane of the tothir sisteris may haiff the assonȝhe of mawdelyt c1500 Barounis Lawis 7 b.
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