A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Nors(e, Norce, n. and a. [e.m.E. Norse n. a Norwegian (1598), Du. noors(ch, MDu. no(o)rdsch, no(o)rtsch, norts, Norw. norsk (16th c.), etc.: cf. Norish and Nords.] Norwegian (person, language). —a. noun. 1626 Garden Worthies 17.
Att the Largs … Where numbers of thy Norces left yet ly —b. adj. a 1650 Buchanan's Hist. MS. Index (Edinb. Univ. Lib. *R. 20/12).
Norvegi, the Nors or Norway men under the croune of Denmark 1633 (1711) Sibbald's Orkn. & Shetl. 16 (see Norn n.).
