heirie, heyre
var. of aire n. and v. Obs. = aerie; esp. a swan's breeding-place.
| [1250 Concher Bk. of Selby (Yorks. Rec. Soc.) I. 267 Unam haeram cignorum..in stagno suo, viz. duos cignos haerarias veteres cum sequela sua.] 1552 Will of Claymonde (Somerset Ho.), The swannes heyres & Singnetts. c 1560 Order for Swans in Arch. Inst. Lincoln (1850) 306 Such ground where any swan shall heiry. Ibid. 309 If any Heirie be leyed with one Swan. Ibid., When they do heire. |