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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1549
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(North-,) Northt-northt-est, a. [e.m.E. north-north-est (15th c.), -east.] North-north-east. —1549 Complaynte of Scotland 38/8.
The rede aurora quhilkis … hed persit the crepusculyne lyne matutine of the northt northt est orizone