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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1581-1623
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Saffrond, Saifrounid, adj. [ME and e.m.E. saffrunde (Manning), saffrond (a1450), saffroned (1559), safrond (1585); Saffro(u)n(e n.] Saffron-coloured. — 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 157/415.
Then after uith the leuer doth the saifrounid [v.r. saffrond] gulsoch ficht
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