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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1520-1535, 1640
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Sclander, Sclaunder, n.2 [ME sclaunder (Wyclif), ? reduced form of Sclanderar n.] = Sclanderar n. 1 and 2. — c1520-c1535 Nisbet I 14.
Ane exhortatiounn to flee sclaunders 1640 Mouswald Kirk S. 1 July.
Thridly it is ordanit that everie sclander shall pey threttie shillings for the first fault and to crave God and the partie sclandered mercie — c1520-c1535 Nisbet Matth. xiii 41.
His angellis … sal gader fra his realme al sclaundris and tham that dois wickitnes
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