A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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North(e)ing, adv. and n. [ON. norðan adv., from the north, northerly, and mod. Shetl. dial. norden adj., belonging to the north, and fae da norden from the north.] in Shetland. a. adv. North (of a place). b. n. (From the) north. —1644 Hibbert P. No. 13.
Whitther I sall come hame or gea to the Far[oes] … whall Otta com[is] from the northeing 1667 Laing MSS. I. 362.
They are seen to the westward of Unst and northing of this ile
