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[norroise] (1276-77)

[norroise] (1276-77)

noreyse  
  FEW:  norþ 16,602b Gdf:  norois 5,527c GdfC:  norois 10,208c TL: norois 6,802 DEAF: DMF:  norois  TLF:  norois  OED:  Norreis n.  / Norroy n.  / Norish a.  / Norse n. and a.  MED:  Norrei n.  / Norreis n.sg. and pl.  DMLBS:  Nordicus 1929a / Norrensis 1929c / northus 1930b

The only substantival attestation of the feminine form of norrois is found here, used as a surname and in a Latin context. It is unclear from the context whether this name refers (originally) to a person from the north of England or to somebody from Norway.

s.f.

femaledemonymwoman from the north (or possibly: Norsewoman)
( 1276-77 )  Maria la Noreyse tenet un[um] f[eodum] in Fordam de rege i. c.  Parl Writs 199

[gdw]

See also:

norrois  north 
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