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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1496-1499, 1580
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Na-rent, n. [Rent n.] Abbot of Na rent, i.e. of no benefice or revenue, the mock personage leading folk revelry, = Abbot of Unreason or Unrest (see Abbot n. 2). — 1496 Edinb. Hammermen 13 b.
Gevin to the abbot of Na rent to furnes Herod & his knychtis 1499 Exchequer Rolls XI. 260.
Et abbati de Narent pro suis expensis in Striveling c 1580 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 176.
Anent the abbot of Narent, callit abbot de Narentia, se in the convict buik, 26 April 1493
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