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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1567-1570
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Cantrailȝé, -relȝé, variant of Cantailȝe. — 1567 Edinburgh Testaments I. 12.
Ten vnces … of cantrelȝeis 1567 Ib. 59 b.
viij vnces of blak cantrailȝeis of silk 1570 Ib. II. 74 b.
Ane pund wecht of cantrelȝeis
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