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northus

northus, nordus [AS norþ], Norrus [cf. AS Norren] 1 northern part, north. b the North. c1120 a northo de Lambremor Scone 1 (cf. ib. 5 p. 6: ex aquilone); c1195 pro illa ‥ medietate que jacet ex nordo inter ‥ salinam Godwini ‥ et salinam Agmundi Danelaw 384.  b si sit east intro, si sit norð[v. l.l. nordus] intus, emendet sicut scripta pacis continent (Quad.) GAS 145. 2 inhabitant or native or a northern country or region: a a Norwegian. b a Northumbrian. a Cnutus totius Anglie, Danorum, et Nororum [v. l.l. Norrorum] rex (Cons. Cnuti) GAS 279.  b separavit regnum Merciorum a regno Nordorum Nen. HB 208. 3 (as name of fish from the North Sea) cod, mulvel. hic norus, a mellewelle WW.

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