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Here-, Heiron(e, adv. [e.m.E. here-, ME. her-, OE. héron.] On this subject, matter, etc. — a1570-86 Shaw Maitl. F. cxlvi. 9.
Giff ȝe be wys, avyse heiron 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. iii. 170.
Studiand heiron my nymphe unto me spak Id. Æn. i. iv. 79.
Sum tyme heiron [R. hereon] to think may help perchance 1574 Antiq. Aberd. & B. II. 435.
The schireff deput … ordinis preceptis of poynding to be derect heirone
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