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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1536-1576
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Afferandly, adv. [f. Afferand,pres.p. Cf. Efferandly.] Appropriately, suitably. — 1536 Wemyss Corr. 4.
Bodin in hors and geir … afferandly to yowr honor and owris 1576 Edinburgh Testaments IV. 221.
To find sufficient cautioun … afferandlie as is afoirwrittin
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