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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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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.
Quotation dates: 1687-1688
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North-light, n. [Mod. Eng. (1707), ON. norðrljós (Da. nordlys), Du. noorderlicht, Germ. nordlicht.] The Northern Lights, the Aurora Borealis. —a1688 Wallace Orkney 155, 156.
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