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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1804
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¶THILSE, adv. Else, otherwise.Abd. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 58:
No to parsons be a tell-tale, Thise [sic] the deil will him to hell trail.
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