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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1642
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Sparsim, adv. [e.m.E sparsim (1586), L. sparsim, f. spargere to scatter, spread out.] —1642 Orkney Rentals iii 21.
The old bishoprie of Orkney was a greate thing, and lay sparsim thro'out the haill parochines of Orknay and Shetland
