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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1567-1568
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(Vising,) Vysing, Wysing, vbl. n. [Aphetic f. Avising vbl. n.] a. = Visment n.1 a, advice. b. Thought, reflection. —a. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxvi 496.
Scho gluterit hyme … With wysing fare & wordis softe —b. a1568 Bannatyne in Bannatyne MS 231a/32.
Sen Athropos my fatell threid hes worne In plenyng … and … womenting And that asperans is non vnto the morne Of my pure hairt dyand in lang vysing Thow bury my corps [etc.]
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