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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1535
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(Mete,) Meit, a.2 (? Irreg. altered form of meik Meke a.: but cf. late ME. (Lydgate) and e.m.E. (1598) meete mild, gentle.) —1535 Stewart 10134.
Mansueit and meit and full of gentres
