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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
†KIRR-BED, n.comb. In phr.: on kirr-bed, in a state of ill-health, sick, invalided (Ork. 1929 Marw.).
[A variant of care-bed s.v. Care, 2., phs. conflated with O.N. phr. leggja i kǫr, to lie ill.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Kirr-bed n. comb.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/kirrbed>
