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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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(Wintry,) Wyntry, adj. [Cf. e.m.E. wintry (1590).] Made use of in winter or, perhaps more likely, a misreading for wyntyr and a further example of Winter n. 4 (3). —1513 Doug. xiii iv 70.
As … emottis … Had beildit … thar byke … To hyd thar langsum wark and wyntry breid [C. wyntyr bred, Ruddim. wynter brede]
