heir - From Ulster to America
Source: From Ulster to America: The Scotch-Irish Heritage of American English
Author: Michael Montgomery
Comments: From Ulster to America recounts the lasting impact eighteenth-century settlers from Ulster have made on the development of the English language of the United States. The book documents over 500 vocabulary items contributed to American English by these ‘Scotch-Irish’ settlers. Each ‘shared’ term with its meaning is authenticated by quotations from both sides of the Atlantic. This searchable online version of his book takes its text from the dictionary part of the second edition published by the Ullans Press in 2017.
heir vb To inherit (from). [oed heir vb 1 ‘to inherit’ c1330→; snd heir vb II2 ‘to become heir to, inherit’ 1753→; dare chiefly South Midland]
Ulst.:
1880 Patterson Antrim/Down Glossary 51 To heir a person is to inherit his property.
U.S.:
1899 Green Virginia Word-Book 183 = to inherit: ‘He heired that land from his mother’.
1953 Randolph and Wilson Down in Holler 251 Henry must have heired some money off’n his pappy’s folks.
