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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†FLEME, Fleem, v. To put to flight, to drive away, to chase. Only in arch. use. Obs. in Eng. since 16th cent.Sc. 1808 J. Finlay Ballads II. 130:
For justice is fleemyt frae the land.Sc. 1814 Scott Waverley ix.:
He help'd Miss Rose when she was flemit with the Laird of Killancureit's new English bull.Sc. 1844 in Sc. Songs (ed. Whitelaw) 367:
Bonnie is that brig to see, By ane flemit frae his ain countrie.
