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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1386-1420
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Onykin, Ony-kyn(e, phr. (quasi-adj.). (Late ME. anykyn(e (a 1400, c 1420), ME. any-kins, anikins (Cursor M.), orig. genitival phr. (see Kin n. 6), = of any kind or sort. Found in an early Border document and in Leg. S. but common only in the Royal and Cotton. MSS. of Wyntoun, the other Wyntoun MSS. employing instead such alternatives as ony alone or the phrases ony kind or manere of.) — a1400 Legends of the Saints xx. 346.
Seknes … Ore ony kyne perplexite 1386 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 9.
Na nane othir harmes in onykin manere for to be done c1420 Wynt. iv. 1834.
Bot ony kyn impedyment c1420 Ib. viii. 423.
In onykyne lyne down cumand Fra the stok c1420 Ib. vi. 498, 1455, vii. 103, 2320, viii. 1026.
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