A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Norway(i)s, n. pl. [Norweis (12th c.), -wais, -wey(e)s, e.m.E. Norwayes (Spenser), ? altered, after Norwei etc., Norwa(y, f. ME. Norreis (Layamon, Manning), AF. Norays, ONF. Noreis Norwegian(s). Cf. also Nor(r)oway(i)s.] Norwegians, Norsemen. —c1420 Wynt. vi. 594.
Constantyne … wyth the Norwayis [C. Norowis] than fychtand Wes slayne Ib. 788.
Wyth the Norwayis [C. Norawis] Ib. vii. 3292.
Off Scottis and Norways [C. Norowayis] Ib. viii. 107.
The Norwayis [C. Noroways] has a wryttyn buk Off thaire lawys c1500-50 Brevis Cronica 332.
The iles war takin fra the Scottis be Danis and Norwayis
