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2. Denoting a less solemn interment.
_Barbour._
3. To cover with the soil, for concealment, S.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
Su. G. _iord-as_, sepeliri; Isl. _iard-a_.
~Erd houses~, Habitations formed under ground.
Isl. _jard-hus_, domus subterranea.
~Erddyn~, ~Yirden~, s.
1. An earthquake.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _eorth-dyn_, terrae motus.
2. Thunder, S. B.
ERE, EIR, _s._ Fear, dread; Ang.
V. ~Ery~.
ERF, _adj._
1. Averse, reluctant, Loth. Fife.
2. Reserved, distant, Loth.
V. ~Ergh~.
To ERGH, ARGH, ERF, _v. n._
1. To hesitate, to feel reluctance, S.
_Baillie._
2. To be reluctant from timidity, S.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _earg-ian_, torpescere pro timore.
~Ergh~, _adj._
1. Hesitating, scrupulous, S.
2. Timorous, S. B.
~Ergh~, ~Erghing~, _s._
1. Doubt, apprehension, S.
2. Fear, timidity, S.
A. S. _yrhth_, id.
ERY, EIRY, EERIE, _adj._
1. Affected with fear, from whatever cause.
_Douglas._
2. Under the influence of fear, excited by wildness of situation.
_Douglas._
3. Denoting the feeling inspired by the dread of ghosts, S.
_Ross._
4. Causing fear of spirits, S.
_Burns._
Belg. _eer-en_, vereri, Isl. _ogr-a_, terreo.
~Eryness~, ~Eiryness~, _s._ Fear excited by the idea of an apparition, S.
_Evergreen._
ERYSLAND, ERLSLAND, EUSLAND, s. A denomination of land, Orkn.
_Barry._
Su. G. _oeresland_, the eighth part of a Markland.
ERLIS, _s._ Earnest.
