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First published 2005 (SND, online supplement).
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DYRIE, n. Sc. form of Eng. dairy (Bnff., Abd. 2000s).Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 43:
Or the bailie at the dyrie
Hid sneckit aff's alarm.