"heire" meaning in Middle English

See heire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: heires [plural], heiren [plural]
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  1. Alternative form of here (“haircloth”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: here (extra: haircloth)
    Sense id: en-heire-enm-noun-~N8FJtKg Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: heires [plural]
Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} heire, {{enm-noun}} heire (plural heires)
  1. Alternative form of heir (“heir”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: heir (extra: heir)
    Sense id: en-heire-enm-noun-QH6m7agW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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