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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Natheles, adv. [ME. and e.m.E. natheles(se, naþeles, OE. ná þe læs: cf. Netheles, Notheles.] Nevertheless. —1456 Hay I. 8/24.
Bot natheles we mon here se how [etc.] Ib. 142/1.
Natheles it befallis [etc.] Ib. 83/27, 129/15. 1513 Doug. i. ix. 97 (Sm.).
And natheles the samyn tyme sendis sche … Twenty fed oxin Ib. ii. x. 47, iii. vii. 13, iv. viii. 25, etc.
