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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1535-1583
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Surfetnes, Sirffeitnes, n. Also: surfastnes. [Surfet n. and adj.] a. = Surfet n. 1. b. = Surfet n. 2. —a. c1420 Ratis Raving App. ii 3.
Se surfastnes thé nocht assailȝhe 1535 Stewart 60672.
Sic sirffeitnes alway to be refusit, And sufficience of meit and drink be vsit —b. 1583 Glasgow B. Rec. I 106.
All that passis to ony derrar brydallis, and auctorizeis the surfetnes thairof … sall pay aucht schillingis
