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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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NORTHLAND, n., adj. Also -lan, -lin Unreduced forms of Norland, q.v.

I. n. The North of Scotland; a native of the North of Scotland; one of the Highland breed of cattle.Sc. 1698 J. Kirkwood Plea before Kirk 102:
The stranger, a Northlin, not so strait lac'd, you know, as we in the South, slipt into the meeting-house to hear the Curate preach.Sc. 1738 De Foe Tour III. 336:
The North-land, being all the Country beyond Inverness. . . . The third Division of Scotland, called the North-land.Dmf. 1827 Edb. Ev. Courant (4 Oct.) 4:
The numbers [of cattle], however, were generally estimated at about 3000, and of these the great bulk were heavy highlanders, heavy Galloways, Irishers, and Northlans.

II. adj. From the North of Scotland.Edb. 1720 A. Pennecuik Helicon 82:
The Northland Folk that come from beyond the Tay.