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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1423, 1533
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(Altime,) Altyme, adv. [See All a. 1 c.] Always. (Also at altyme.) — a1400 Legends of the Saints Prol. 50.
Scho beand altyme vergine chaste a1400 Ib. vii. 57.
Altyme he cuth forbere ? 1423 Edinb. Chart. 213.
Now and at altyme [we] salbe redye 1533 Gau 35/34.
We trow … that he is altyme with ws
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