A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Heron, Heroun, n. Also: herroun, -on, herown, -one. [ME. heroun, -on (c 1386), heyroun, -un (1302), OF. hairon, mod. F. héron.] A heron.c1420 Wynt. i. 1622.
Goshawke … To tak bathe boytoure and herrownys [C. herownys] c1450-2 Howlat 185.
Heronnis contemplatif 1496 Treas. Acc. I. 287.
To the man that brocht tua quyk herounis to the King 1511 Ib. IV. 316.
Ane herone 1513 Doug. xiii. iv. 97.
Ardea the fowll, quham a heron clepe we 1528 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 415.
I mon haue ane gud halk … that slais the heroune 1549 Compl. 39/27.
The herrons gaif ane vyild skrech 1600 Acts IV. 236/2.
Skeldraikis, herroun, butter, or ony sic kynd of foulis
