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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Air, Aire, v. Also: ar-, are, airre, ayr. [From Air n.¹ Cf. ME. heyre (c 1330), e.m.E. heir (c 1611).] tr. To be or become heir to; to inherit. c1420 Wynt. viii. 114 (C).
Thai fande That the famale to ayr thar lande … Sulde succede collateralle 1485 Ork. & Sh. Rec. I. 55.
All the landis that Ȝoppinn Segarson aryt be his wyf c1515 Asl. MS. I. 226/17.
[He] spousit Margaret Cambell … & arit the land 1514 Rec. Earld. Orkney 88; etc.
Heretage that he arit or mycht air 1585 Prot. Bk. T. Auchinlek 17 b.
All right of landis to be airit be him eftir his said father a1691 Kingston Contin. Ho. Seytoun 72.
One daughter, who was married to the earle of Findlater, whose land she hath aired