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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1499, 1563-1626, 1677
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Ering, vbl. n. Also: hering, eryn; eyring, eiring, earing, hearring. [ME. eryynge (c 1440), e.m.E. earing.] Ploughing. 14.. Acts I. 67/2.
Of the setting and eyring [L. aracione] of the lande 1459 Rep. Hist. MSS., Var. Coll. V. 82.
Andro Besat is in a pan of viij s. … for the wrayngis eryn of is land aganys the lordis byddyng 1476 Acts Lords Auditors 43/2.
For the wrangwis distrublance of thaim in the hering and lawboring of the saidis landis 1479 Acts Lords of Council 37/1.
The hering and manuring of the samyn [grass] 1488 Acts Lords Auditors 117/2.
For the maisterfull out rivin, manurin, ering, and sawing of a parte of his landis 1563 Inverness B. Rec. I. 98.
The clame of Schir Patrik Anderson … of Yule meit … and the ering of ane aker of land c 1585 Echt-Forbes Chart. 123.
The tennentis … sall nocht labour nor manur be earing or sawing the saidis landis 1622-6 Bisset I. 311/20.
The eiring of his awin propir landis 1677 Forbes Baron Ct. 312.
To send furth thair servautis to … leading of peittis, mucking and hearring
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