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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1586
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Valeritie, n. (? Altered f. Val(o)ur n. 2 b, value, worth.) —c1586 Maxwell Mem. II 159.
I haife sum laindis … that I vald exchainge vith his laind … Gif ȝe find my lord of myind to entir in blokem vith me, I sel … let him ken the valeritie and lyein of the laindis