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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Ery, adj. Also: hery, erie, yrrie. [Northern ME. eri (c 1300), of obscure origin. In later Sc. as eerie.] Affected with fear or dread. a1400 Leg. S. xxxvi. 843.
Sanctulus, that wes hery, To sancte Iohnne baptist can cry Ib. xxxix. 321.
Scho, that wes for hym hery, Mad sare chere 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. Prol. 103.
With ery courage, febill strenthis sary, Bownand me hame Id. Æn. viii. iv. 91.
Swyft as the wynd he fled … , And to his cave hym sped with ery spreit 1572 Sat. P. xxxii. 101.
We pure sall cry, with erie hartis fast dontane, To thee, O God 1661 Black Sc. Witches 43.
When I had done all my work, ... I began to be yrrie, being late in the eavening