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Zetland|ˈzɛtlənd|
Later spelling (see Z) of Sc. Ȝetland (also Yetland, latinized Yhetlandia), a. ON. Hja(l)tland, Hjetland (MDa. Hetland) Shetland. Hence ˈZetlander, Zetˈlandic a. (Survives in a title of the peerage; until recently an official name of the Shetland Islands.)
1703J. Brand Descr. Orkney, etc. To Rdr., Zetland..is unknown to the most of the Nation, if not, that they have only heard, there were such Isles, as the Zetlandick. Ibid. 116 Some Zetlanders went to the King with their Skin-Coats, laying the oppressed condition of their Countrey before him. 1809A. Edmondston Zetland Isl. I. 206 The native Zetland horse is very small. 1813Montagu Ornith. Dict. Suppl. s.v. Shearwater, In addition to the Zetlandic name of Lyre, Lyar or Lyrie, it has acquired the Norwegian names of Skrabe or Skraap. 1821Scott Pirate ii, Sweyn Erickson, as good a Zetlander as ever rowed a boat to the haaf fishing. 1868Rep. Brit. Assoc. i. 338 A list of the Zetlandic Annelids dredged in 1867 and 1868. |