A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1513
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(Egir-,) Egyrnes, n. [ME. egernesse (c 1400), egirnesse.] Eagerness. —1513 Doug. v. iii. 86.
Throu the gild and rerd of men … And egyrnes of thar frendis
