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Quotation dates: 1513, 1584-1585
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Upset, ppl. adj. [ME and e.m.E. vpsette (Manning), upset (Gower).] Raised; erect. — 1513 Doug. xi xiv 70 (Ruddim.).
The serpent woundit … thrawis and writhis with mony ane sprent Hir sprutelit skalis vpset grisly to se a1585 Maitland Quarto MS 250/31.
I with humble hairt … The goddes sall adoir On bended kneis and handis vpset
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