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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1420, 1526-1566
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Divis(e, v.1 Also: dyvys-, dyvis-, diwys-. [ME. divise, dyvyse (14th c.), f. L. dīvīs-; cf. Devise v.2] tr. To divide. 1375 Barb. xi. 171 (E).
Quhen his mengné wer Diwysit in till bataillis ser 1375 Ib. xx. 406.
Thusgat diuisyt, furth thai far c1420 Wynt. v. 1438.
This Pompeyus … Cornykyld and dyvysyt syne Tha in fourty bukys and foure c1420 Ib. viii. 1914.
Thus wes this rewme dyvysyd in twa 1526 Red Bk. Menteith II. 330.
As the saidis landis and maling lyis in lentht and breid, be all rycht merchis auld and diuisit 1566 Protocol Book of Thomas Johnsoun 151.
The … merches, auld and divisit eftir the first situation of the said burgh
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