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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1409-1436
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To-wrye, v. [To- prefix2 and Wry(e v.] tr. To turn, twist away. — c1409-1436 Kingis Quair § 164.
So tolter quhilum did sche [sc. Fortune] it [sc. the wheel] to-wrye
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