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(Schetland,) Scheit-, Schyitland, attrib. [Shetland, the place-name.] Of fish: Caught in Shetland waters. — 1590 St. A. B. Ct. 11 Aug.
Scheitland hering 1609 Conv. Burghs II 284.
That na Firth hering or Schyitland hering be packatt … with Yleis hering vnder sic pecuniall … panis as the maiestratis maye iniouyne of law
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