A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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(Grete,) Greit lyne, ling, n. [See also Grit lyne, and Greit-, Girt-, Gartling, with ling from F. ligne. Still in modern northern dialects as grettlin.] ‘A long line used in deep-sea fishing for cod, ling, etc.’ Also attrib. with boit. —1594 Orkney & Sh. Rec. 217.
The saidis persones … sall nawayes fische with greit lyneis within the heidlandis of the saidis cuntreyis of Orknay and Zeitland Ib. 218.
Ilk greit ling boitt … sall pay yeirlie at the fisching of thair greit lingis for thair teind ane halff hundreth ling
