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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1489-1500
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(Talesman,) Ta(i)lisman, n. Also: talysmane. [Tal(e n.] a. A tale-teller. b. A spokesperson. —a. a1500 Henr. Hasty Credence 12.
Ane worthy lord sowld wey ane taill wyslie … Gif it be said for luve or for invy, And gif the tailisman [M. the tellar] weill awow it wald —b. 1489 Kennedy Aberd. Ann. II 474.
In presens of the alderman and balȝeis quhille … decretit be the moutht of Jonhe Colison talisman that [etc.] 1489 Kennedy Aberd. Ann. II 474.
The said day it was deliverit be ane suorne assis master Andro Cadrow talysmane that [etc.]
