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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1490, 1550
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Verecund, Vericunde, adj. [17th c. Eng. verecund (1656), L. verēcundus, f. verēri to reverence.] Modest; shamefaced. — 1490 Irland Mir. I 78/7.
Eftir thar syn … thai had gret schame and vericunde that thai wauld haue hid thame fra God 1490 Irland Mir. I 134/27.
As semyt a chaist lady and haly virgin, sche had in sum part troubile and vericunde virginale c1550 Rolland Court of Venus iii 325.
Than said Venus vith vult verecund, Say quhat ȝe will
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