Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: a1225 Ancr. R. 220 I{edh}e desert..he lette ham {th}olien wo inouh. […]
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The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. — John Stuart Mill