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Íras

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Íras, pl.
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  • Férde twelf geár bodiende betwux Ýrum and Scottum and siððan ofer eal Angelcyn

    he went twelve years preaching among the Irish and Scotch, and afterwards over all England,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 346, 35
    • .
  • But the people of Ireland are often spoken of as Scottas, e. g :--

    Pyhtas cóman ǽrost on norþ Ybernian up and ðǽr bǽdon Scottas ðæt hí ðér móston wunian,

    • Chr. Erl. 3, 9.

    Scotta sum dǽl gewát of Ybernian on Brittene,

    • 18.

    Þrie Scottas cuómon tó Ælfréde of Hibernia,

    • 891
    • ;
    • Erl. 88, 5.
  • So in Alfred's Orosius it is said

    Igbernia ðæt wé Scotland hátaþ,

    • 1, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 24, 16.
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[
Icel. Ìrar.
]
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  • Íras, n.