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Orkenie (s.xiii1/3)
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The form Orcanie is a cross reference to the following entry:

Orkenie (s.xiii1/3)

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Orkanie,  Orcanie,  Orkanye,  Orkenye  (Orcheneheie  TLL i 230,  Orkeine (l. Orkenie?)  Three Chronicles 20.7)  
  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  Orkney a. and n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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toponymOrkney Islands, archipelago in northern Scotland of approximately 70 islands: 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  Li reis od tut cels del regné En Orkenie en est alé, Tutes celes isles ad conquesté  Brut Royal 3131
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Utre Orkenie ver le north Est li gel e li froit si fort Ke mer e terre est engelee  Pet Phil 1187
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  Roy ne prince n'ad nul de Grece a Orkenye Qe taunt ad soffert de controversye Cum sire Edward pur sa manauntye  LANGTOFT thiol2 229.13
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  je su la fyle Aunflor, reis de Orkanye, e mon seignour fust demorant a un son chastiel en Orkanie, q'est apelee chastel Bagot, qu'est sur la mer, deleez une molt bele foreste  Fouke ANTS 44.19 and 20
idles de Orkenie
toponymOrkney Islands, archipelago in northern Scotland of approximately 70 islands: 
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  Cist Claudius vint en Brutaigne, q'est ore apellé Engleterre, et la fist subget a l'empire, et prist les Isles de Orcanie  TREVET Cron1 126.3

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See also:

Orcade  Orkenan 
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Orcanie