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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1531-1533, 1596
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Northman, n. Also: nortman. [e.m.E. northman (1605), OE. norðman.] A man of the north, a northerner; a Norman. — 1531 Bell. Boece (M) II. 81.
Landis … callit … Normandy, that is to say the realme of Northmanis 1533 Boece x. iii. 352 b.
Off the quhilk ciete [Paris] Johnne Archithren, ane Northman, … thus writis 1533 Ib. xvii. 397 b.
Northman … signifijs ane man of the north 1533 Ib. xi. xvii. 440.
Richard Duke of Northmandie … tending that Northmannis suld be decorit with blude royall 1596 Dalr. I. 82/21.
Quhen the Danes ar dung out, the Nortmans establishes … ane impire
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