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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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(Beris,) Bereis, v. Also: berys(e, berisch, beres. [App. from Beris,n.] tr. To bury. 1450 Peebles B. Rec. 15.
Al thaim qwhais bodys beis beryst in this kyrk or kyrkyhard c1475 Wall. ii. 321.
To berys him als gudlye as scho mocht 1485 Liber Coll. Glasg. 197.
Thar bodeis and banys to be sepulyt and berest at the north end of the said altare c1520-c1535 Nisbet Luke ix. 59.
Suffir me first to ga and beryse my fader 1535 Stewart 15734.
This king … bereist wes ane litill efter that 1551 Hamilton Cat. 51.
Siclik supersticion is amang thame, that will nocht berisch or erde the bodis of thair freindis on the North part of the kirk yard 1564–75 Hamilton & Campsie Test. I. 48.
His banis and bodie to be bereist and sepultourt in the parroche kirk of Renfrew