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Orkneyjar

nafnorðkvenkyn
the Orkneys, Orcades, of origin, for it occurs in writers before the Scandinavian occupation, Tacitus (Agric.), Pliny, and Juvenal; hence Orkneyingar, the men of the Orkneys: Orkneyskr, passim.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • Lat.Latin.
  • Gael.Gaelic.
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)