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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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(Noising,) Nosyng, vbl. n. [Late ME. noysyng (1425).] A rumour. —1474–5 Yester Writs 75.
I her a nosyng and voice that Ser Walter Swift chapellane … is cvmyng her
