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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Wring, n.2 (? Altered f. ON árangr, year's growth, crop (see The Orkney Norn by H. Marwick), perhaps under the influence of the w of wrack, wattill and wair. Cf. mod. Orkney yearin (SND Year n. 3), the season's growth, crop.) —1509 Rec. Earld. Orkney 82.
P[er]sonis sall not … tayk awa nodyr erd nor stane, gers nor waitter, nodyr wrack, wattill, wai[r], nother wring nor ne wder manyr of thing of the grownd of Saba
