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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hart-brek, -breke, n. [e.m.E. heart-breake (1583).] Heartbreak. —1560 Rolland Seven S. 10271.
The nurisis … For greit hart brek thay cryit & wrang thair hands 1568 Buch. Indict. 44.
To luik to the sonne and sie day lycht without hartbrek c1590 Fowler I. 82/145.
What a hart brek was it to see these eyes … to lose thair lucent light 1600-1610 Melvill 531.
To the gryt hart-breke of the godly
