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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1611
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Farny, a. [e.m.E. ferny (1523).] Overgrown with fern. [In early place-names, as Farniacres (13th c.), Farenyacredene (c 1320), Farnydoune (1372), Farnyle (1456), Fairnybray (1558).] — 1611 Reg. Panmure I. p. xcviii.
Auchreny, or rather after the Erishe language, Auchinrenache, that is to say the farnyland
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