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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1456
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Mis-, Mystrowar, n. [Mistrow v.] An unbeliever, infidel Also const. of (the faith), and quasi-adj. (Only in Hay.) —(1) 1456 Hay I. 103/22.
We suld nocht force … na mistrowaris Sarrazenis na othir to trowe in our faith 1456 Ib. 105/2.
To recover the haly land agaynis the mistrowaris of the faith 1456 Ib. 171/6, II. 19/13. —(2) 1456 Hay I. 209/33.
Jowis and Sarrazenis and all othir mistrowaris creaturis ar all subject to the Impire
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