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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1539
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On-sung, -swng, p.p. [e.m.E. unsung, late ME. unsogne.] Unsung. — 1539 Glasgow Protocols Abstracts IV. 118.
Geif it faillies to be left on sung thre nychtis togydder 1539 Ib.
On swng
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