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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1680
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(Soneles,) Sinless, adj.1 [e.m.E. sunlesse (1589); Son(e n.1] Sunless; deprived of sunlight. — 1680 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries XLV 247.
His way be sharpe quhen his end is good … tho it wer to be effectuat throw a thousand years of the extreamest sufferings of a sinless hell
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