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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1561-1659
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Scra, Skra, Screa, n. (ON skreið a shoal of fish; dried fish.) Only Orkney. Also comb. with fisch. Also in the later dial. of Orkney, Shetland and Caithness. 1561–2 Craven Ch. in Orkney II 15.
Walx, pettis, & skrais of the said bishoprick 1600 Reg. Great S. 352/1.
Burray etc. … 24 lie mais de skra 1627 Orkney Rentals III 56 (see Mais(e n.1 (2)).
Screa [pr. strea] 1659 Craven Ch. in Orkney II 198.
Some screacomb. 1561 Craven Ch. in Orkney II 14 (see Mais(e n.1 (2)). 1565 Ch. in Orkney 147.
The thrid of the scra [pr. stra] fische of the said bischoprik … comptit to 8 mais
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