A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1420
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Numery. Also: newmery. [ME. numery, numeri (Wyclif), e.m.E. numerye (1534), L. numerī pl. of numerus.] The book of Numbers. (Cf. Noumer n. 10b.) — c1420 Wynt. viii. 683.
Off the bybill the ferd buke … is cald Numery [C. Newmery]
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