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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1460, 1609
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Spelling, vbl. n. [ME and e.m.E. spellynge (Prompt. Parv.), spelling (1580); Spell v.2] How words are written, spelling; an instance of this. — 1460 Hay Alex. 19306.
The readeris … sould assonȝe me Gife ony falt be fundit in this dyit Or in the maner of spelling that I wreit 1609 Acts IV 423/1.
He belives … the … lettres to be … writtin be the laird of Restalrig … becaus nocht onlie the carecter aggreis … with the schap of Restalriggis handwrytt bot alsua the spelling in mony particularis quhairin Restalrig differrit frome other mennis forme of wryting 1609 Acts IV 423/1.
That the samin appeiris to be verie lyk his wrytt be the conformitie of letteris and spelling
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