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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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LONGIE, n. Also longvie, -wee; lungie; lomvie, lomwie. The common guillemot, Uria aalge (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., 1955 L. Venables Birds, etc. 333, Sh. 1961, 1990s). [′lɔŋgi, ′lɔŋwi]Sh. 1774 G. Low Tour (1879) 98:
The whole rock alive with Tomies, Lomvies . . . and Tystes.Sc. 1816 Scott Antiquary vii.:
Mony a kittywake's and lungie's nest hae I harried up amang thae very black rocks.Sh. 1834 Old-Lore Misc. X. iii. 128:
I did not wish for either lomwies, tamienories, brongies or laarquhidins.Sh. 1953 New Shetlander No. 35. 14:
Longwees, wilkies, maalies, shalders: — a world of teeming life.Sh. 1992 Bobby Tulloch A Guide to Shetland's Breeding Birds 59:
GUILLEMOT
(Uria aalge)
shet: Loom or Longvie