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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1490, 1564
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Obduracioun, -acione, n. [e.m.E. (1494), L. obdūrātio.] a. Hardening in sin. b. Obduracy, stubbornness. — 1490 Irland Mir. II. 55/16.
That all creatures may knaw … thar gret iniquite and final obduracioun 1564 St. A. Kirk S. 205.
To move the hart of Johane Bycartoun efter lang obduracione
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