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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Insulan(e, n. [Late ME. insulane (1460), L. insulānus. Only in Boece, rendering L. Insularis and Hebridianus as well as Insulanus.] An islander, a Hebridean. — 1533 Boece 9 b.
How King Eder dantit the insolence of Brede the Insulane
Ib. i. viii. 55.
To that place, for ministracioun of justice baith Insulanis and Albiane Scottis … mycht convene
Ib. v. vii. 176.

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