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Quotation dates: 1420, 1489-1512, 1569-1586
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Ir(s)ch(e, Iersch, Yrsche, a. and n. [Cf. Irisch and Ersch. Common in the Edinb. MS. of the Brus.] a. adj. Irish; Highland. Also absol. b. n. Gaelic. — c1420 Wynt. ii. ix. h.
On other wiis this chapitere Says the Yrsche cummyn were 1489 Brus xiv. 330 (E).
Ane Irsche king 1489 Ib. xviii. 120.
Irsch 1489 Ib. xvi. 309.
The Irsche kingis 1507 Treasurer's Accounts IV. 50.
For ane cote to Irsch Downe, falconar c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 49 (B).
Iersche brybour bairdb. a1570-86 (Id.) Maitland Folio MS xi. 116.
Tha tarmagantis … Full loud begowthe in Irsche to clattir
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