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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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Thersawinge, n. [Misreading of the MS abbreviation of per- for the abbreviation of þer-, transcribed as thar-.] = Persaving vbl. n. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxii 390.
Bot scho, that thersawinge hade It wes a feynd sic mastry made, Foret, briste, and hyr body With the croice scho taknyt in hy
