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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1596-1614
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Stemm(e, n. [e.m.E. stemme (c1540) stock, pedigree (of a family), ME (once) and e.m.E. stem (Manning) trunk, stalk (of a tree, plant), OE stęmn.] (A person's) ancestry, genealogy. Cf. Stemmattis n. pl. — 1596 Dalr. I 260/14.
The 4 stemm, or digrie of kin and blude, suld heir be imprented of kingis c1614 Mure Dido & Æneas ii 4.
Æneas' vertue and his stemme preclare
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