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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Threttyfald, -fold, Threttifald, adv. [ME þrittifald (c1230), thritti fold (Wyclif); Thret(t)y num. and -fald suffix.] Thirty times as much. —c1520-c1535 Nisbet Matth. xiii 8.
Bot vthir sedes fell into gude land, and gaue frute, sum a hundrethfald, an vthir sextifald, and an vthir threttifald [P. thritti foold] c1520-c1535 Nisbet Matth. xiii 23.
Sum makis a hundrethfald, trewlie an vthir sextifald, and an vthir threttyfald [P. thritti fold] c1520-c1535 Nisbet Mark iv 8.
Threttifald, [P. thretti foold] a1568 Mersar in Bann. MS 269a/18.
Athis to sueir … Moir than he hes thretty fold
