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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Onderstanding(e, Onderstandyng(e, vbl. n. [ME. onderstondinge (Ayenbite).] = Understanding vbl. n. —1533 Gau 34/23.
The quhilk is abune our onderstanding 1549 Reg. Episc. Aberd. II. 197.
Men of craft and onderstanding a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 112/2.
The rycht onderstanding of the profund mistery of the blissit sacrament Ib. 131/27.
The eyne of our onderstandynge
