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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1420
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Entising, Entysing, -yn, n. Also: entistyng. [ME. entysynge (14th c.).] Enticing. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxii. 497.
The tre … Quhare-one the Jowis Criste can hing At myn entysing a1400 Ib. xxxiv. 182. c1420 Wynt. viii. 3324.
Schyre Edward the Ballyoll than Throwch the entysyn [v.r. entysing, entising, entistyng] off that man, … past than in till Ingland
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