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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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(Primsain,) Primsane, v. [ME (p.p.) primmseȝȝnedd (Orm), yprimisined (c 1315), y-primsened (Ayenbite), I-primseined (c 1425), appar. not recorded thereafter, ON primsigna, OF primseignier (c 1170 in Godef.), ? repr. eccl. L. *prīmum signāre.] tr. To mark (a person) with the sign of the cross before baptism, to make a catechumen of. — 15.. Edinb. Univ. MS La. iv 6.
[My lor]d ȝour porter wald be primsanit [Sic ma]tteris my lord wald nocht be lanit … [Be he] na bettir nor vith vs sanit, [Fra he]vyn he sulde expellit be
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