Old English · proper noun
Orcadas
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
Meaning
the Orkney Islands
Swylċe hē ēac Orcadas þā ēalond, þā wǣron ūt on gārseċġe būtan Brotone, tō Rōmwara rīċe ġeþēodde.
Likewise, he also added the islands of Orkney, which were out on the sea beyond Britain, to the Roman Empire.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
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