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Ir(s)ch(e, Iersch, Yrsche, a. and n. [Cf. Irisch and Ersch. Common in the Edinb. MS. of the Brus.] a. adj. Irish; Highland. Also absol. b. n. Gaelic. — Brus xiv. 330 (E).
Ane Irsche king Ib. xviii. 120.
Irsch Ib. xvi. 309.
The Irsche kingis c1420 Wynt. ii. ix. h.
On other wiis this chapitere Says the Yrsche cummyn were 1507 Treas. Acc. IV. 50.
For ane cote to Irsch Downe, falconar c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 49 (B).
Iersche brybour bairdb. (Id.) Maitl. F. xi. 116.
Tha tarmagantis … Full loud begowthe in Irsche to clattir
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