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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Untreuthfull, Wntreuth(t)full, adj. (? adv.). [19th c. Eng. untruthful (1847); Treuthfull adj.] a. Unbelieving. = Untrewful adj. b. ? Untruthful, lying, disloyal or ? as adv.: Untruthfully, disloyalty. —a. a1400 Leg. S. xxvii 846.
Dewenik can to Catnes pas, To folk that than wntreuthtfull was a1400 Leg. S. xxvii 854.
& namely he gert master men Trew, that wntreuthfull war to than —b. 1456 Hay I 108/7.
Thare is mony ane that will nocht graunt that the Emperoure is lord of all the warld, for the traytouris untreuthfull sais that the grete Cane is lord of all the warld
