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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1478-1479, 1551, 1633
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Here, Heire, n.3 Also: heer. [e.m.E. and ME. here, heer, ME. her, OE. hǽr, hér. Cf. Hare n.2, Hair n.1, Heir(e n.1, Heerie adj.] Hair; a hair. — c1420 Wynt. iii. 723.
Kunandnes fer mar he had How mony her [W. heire] the spyndyll made, Than [etc.] 1478–9 Prestwick B. Rec. 28.
viij here of small lynyn ȝarne 1551 Hamilton Catechism 91.
Fornicatouris ... haiffand na ... schame ..., being past the sched of thair heer, that leive continually in huirdome 1633 Elgin Rec. II. 226.
Alexander Keith, seruant … for bydeing out of his master's hous wnder nicht is ordeant to pull of his syd heres
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