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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1491-1572
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Northin, Nordin, n. Altered varr. of Norn n., after Northin a. — c 1491 Orkney & Shetl. Rec. I. 57.
This letter in Northin of the King of Norway … , put this in Inglis ? c 1524 Rec. Earld. Orkney 422, 3.
Ane letter in Northin 1572 Sc. Hist. Rev. XXV. 170.
[The third language] dite Nordin [used in Orkney and Shetland]
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