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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1868
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¶UNEIRDLIE, adj. Sc. form of Eng. unearthly. See eird s.v. Erd, n. Cf. Unyirdly, Wanearthlie.Abd. 1868 W. Shelley Wayside Flowers 60:
Uneirdlie birds aboon my head Kept threatening me wi' beak and claws.
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