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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1549, 1662
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Rumbelo(w. (ME and e.m.E. rumbeloo, etc., a collection of vocables sung by sailors as a chorus (14th c.), also used as an imaginary place-name (1530), etc.) — 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 65/5.
Sal I go vitht ȝou to rumbelo fayr 1662 Trip & Go in 1662 Forbes Cantus (1666).
I saw three mariners singing Rumbelow upon yon sea strand
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