far-oer

Updated: August 26, 2024

Neome I take to be Strom-oe, one of the Faro isles, Porland probably meant the Far-oer, or Faro islands; as Far-oe, or Far- land, is easily transmuted into Porland. It is true that we find no such name as Zicumni among the princes of the Orkneys.

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