yird
Americannoun
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Lowly there thou lies, my lassie, Lowly there thou lies; A bonnier form ne'er went to the yird Nor frae it will arise!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 by Various
Lowly there thou lies, my lassie, Lowly there thou lies; A bonnier form ne'er went to the yird, Nor frae it will arise!
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
Dear old man! he has long ago "gone to the yird," but his memory is green as the grass which waves upon his grave.
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Robert Turnbull
I wish our fonds were well oot of them, and in yird and stane, which is a constansie.
From The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family by John Galt
But nor ben there's naebody there Frae the yird to the farthest spark; Ye'll rub the knees o' yer breeks to the bare Afore ye'll pray ye a sark!
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by George MacDonald
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