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abthanus

abthanus , supposed title, based on false etym. of abthania.. Beatricem ‥ nuptam Crynyne ~o de Dul ac insularum senescallo, de quo quibusdam annalibus, vitio scriptoris, reperitur ‘Crynyne abbas de Dul’; sed verius scripsisset ‘~us de Dul’; dirivatur autem ~us ab abba, quod est pater vel dominus, et thana, quod est respondens vel numerans, unde ~us quasi thanorum supremus Fordun Chr. IV 39 p. 181 (cf. ib. Vol. II p. 413); viro nobilissimo Crinen nomine abbathano Insularum et Occidentalis Scotiae plagae Boece 255.

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