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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
†FIORIN, n. Also fjorin, fjora (Jak.). The ebb-shore, the foreshore (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., 1908 Jak. (1928)); “now only used by flshermen as a tabu-word at sea in the sense of limpets, because these are found on the beach” (Jak.).
[O.N. fjara, the ebbtide, foreshore, the -n representing the suffixed definite article.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Fiorin n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 12 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/fiorin>
