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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Vangelist, Wangelist(e, n. [ME wangelist (a1330), aphetic f. Evangelist n.] One of the writers of the gospels. —a1400 Leg. S. xxvii 1295.
Trawale … In Goddis wyne-ȝarde for to vyne Feile folk that bundine ar with syne, The wark of wangeliste thu do 1533 Gau 39/14.
The wangelistis hes thairof writine 1533 Gau 39/33.
The prophetis apostlis and the vangelistis 1567 G. Ball. 200.
Wolues, quhome of my vangelistis wryte And Paule and Peter did of dyte
