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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1595-1642
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Nyn(e)teint, a. [f. Nyn(e)ten(e num. with -t as in fiftent(e, nynt(e, etc.: cf. e.m.E. nineteenth, ME. nyntenthe (Wyclif) and Nyn(e)tende.] Nineteenth. — 1595–6 Frasers of Philorth II. 246.
The nynteint and ferd dayis respectiue 1642 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. III. 38.
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