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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1475
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Til(l, v. [ME and e.m.E. tulle(n (Ancr. R.), tille(n (1297), til(l (Cursor M.), tyll (1471).] tr. To entice. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xxx 159.
For eth is a man to til To do it that is his wil c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace vi 151.
That woman lang has tillit him so fair
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