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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Thede, Theid, n. [ME þiode (a1175), þeode (c1175), þeod, þede (Orm), thede (Cursor M.), OE þíod, þéod, ON þióð.] A country; a people or community. — a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 174.
All the wyis and welth he weildis in theid Sall halely be at your will a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 345.
I knaw yone bauld berne … His land and his lordschip and his leuing And ye ar thre in this thede, thriuand oft in thrang a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 435.
Sen hail our doughty elderis has bene endurand, Thriuandly in this thede, vnchargit as thril
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