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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1406
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Pak by the fire. (The application of pak in this nickname is uncertain: either Pak n.1 1 or (? more prob.) Pak v.1 1 seems possible; the mod. Eng. use of pack v. ‘to crowd, press close’ appar. dates only from the 19th c.) — 1406 Aberd. B. Rec. (S.H.S.) 223.
Johannes Pak by the fire conuictus pro pellibus et regratacione
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