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Orkneyman
Orkneyman (ˈɔːknɪmən) = Orcadian n.; a native or inhabitant of the Orkney Islands.1775 Hearne & Turnor Jrnls. (1934) 191, I have interfered so far as to ask what encouragement they required to which the Orkneymen seem'd to intermate that 12L per annum would enduce them to be active & useful. 1842 Tr... Oxford English Dictionary
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Wyre, Orkney
In his autobiography he said of himself - "I'm an Orkneyman, a good Scandinavian", and commented that some of his happiest childhood years were spent here wikipedia.org
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James Johnston (merchant)
James Johnston was a cousin of Joseph Isbister (1710−1771), who in 1740 became the first Orkneyman to receive a governorship in the Hudson's Bay Company wikipedia.org
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Vinland (novel)
Plot summary The novel's protagonist is Ranald Sigmundson, an Orkneyman who journeys to Vinland as a youth, fights in the battle of Clontarf, and has other wikipedia.org
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rabbit
▪ I. rabbit, n.1 (ˈræbɪt) Forms: 5–6 rab(b)ette, 5–7 rabet, 6–8 rabbet, (6 -atte), 7 rabytt, 8 -it, 8– rabbit. [app. of Northern French origin: cf. Walloon robett (Remacle). The primitive seems to occur in Flem. robbe (Kilian, De Bo; the latter also gives ribbe, rubbe), dim. robbeke(n; the ultimate ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Halkett boat
Orkneyman John Rae, known by the Inuit as (, "He who takes long strides"), was a Hudson's Bay Company surgeon who became a surveyor of the Canadian Arctic wikipedia.org
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Beast (Marvel Comics)
When several soldiers stare at him, he glowers and attributes his appearance to his origin as an Orkneyman. wikipedia.org
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