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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Norwa(y. [e.m.E. Norway, ME. Norwei, -wai, -waye, -wey, OE. Norweᵹ, ON. Nor(v)egr.] = Nor(r)owa(y. — 1589 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 8.
[To Norway 1596 Dalr. I. 86/5.]
Of the iles of Orchnay, sum ar Inglese, sum of the language of Norway — 1589-1600 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 55 b.
To the Norwa mane 1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 290.
Boords called Norway daillis a 1650 Buchanan's Hist. MS. Index (Edinb. Univ. Lib. *R. 20/12 (see Nors(e).
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