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: 1549-1605
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(Fire-,) Fyr(e)-, Fyirsyd(e, n. [e.m.E. (1563).] The side of a fire-place or hearth.1549 Complaynte of Scotland 14/26.
Ther is diuerse men that can blason the veyris in the tauerne or at the fyir syde 1565 Inverness B. Rec. I. 119.
My nowris haueand the barne on hyr kne be the fyrre syd 1605 Dundonald Par. Rec. 89.
The gudvyf of the hous sat at the fyr syd with the said witch
