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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Grit lyne, Gryt lyne, n. [In this form in mod. Shetl. dialect.] = Grete lyne. — 1576 Orkney Oppress. 66.
Thai had libertie … to fisch … with small lyne, gritlyne, or handlyne a 1600
Aberd. B. Rec. (J.).
Gryt lyne fische, sic as leing, turbat, keling, & skaitt
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