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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Northin, Nordin, altered varr. of Norn n., after Northina. — c 1491 Orkney & Shetl. Rec. I. 57.
This letter in Northin of the King of Norway … , put this in Inglis ? c 1524 Rec. Earld. Orkney 422, 3.
Ane letter in Northin 1572 Sc. Hist. Rev. XXV. 170.
[The third language] dite Nordin [used in Orkney and Shetland]
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