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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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EERISEN, n. Also eerison. Irreg. Ork. form of Eng. orison, prayer. [′i:rɪsən]Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 29:
Ye sud aye say a eerisen or ye pit the cog tae your heid on the Sabbath.Ork. 1956 C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle 64:
Wae twa verses o' the Auld Hunder, sung gey slow like a kindo eerison, the bairn wis asleep.