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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1557-1623
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Hallow, n.3 Plur.: hallowis, hallous, hallois, hallokis. [Norw. dial. halge, and mod. Orkney and Shetland dialects hallow.] A bundle of straw, as an item in the rent of bishop's lands in Caithness and Orkney. — 1557 Sutherland Chart. 119.
Terre de Force … soluunt annuatim … nonaginta sex sarcinas straminum lie hallowis of stray 1557 Ib. 120.
Octoginta … lie hallous of stray 1600 Reg. Great S. 352/1.
Reddendo … 36 lie schevis avenarum, 36 lie hallokis straminum 1623 Ib. 168/1.
380 sarcinas straminum, hallois of stray 1623 Ib.
26 hallowis of strae
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