Obs. exc. in north. dial. Also 3–5 erre (a nerre), 4–6 arre, 5 ar. [a. ON. örr, ör; cf. Da. ar.] A wound, scar. Only in northern writers, and still common dialectally.
a. 1300. E. E. Psalter xxxvii. 6. Stanke and roten mine erres ere ma.
1340. Hampole, Pr. Consc., 5600. Þe erres of his [Christes] wondes sal speke.
1388. Wyclif, Lev. xxii. 22. If it hath a scar [v.r. arre].
c. 1450. Gloss., in Wright, Voc., 209. Hec cicatrix, a nerre.
1564. MS. Depos. Eccl. Crt. Yrk. Hayth not any arre or arres of his legg or legges.
1655. W. Rawmarsh, MS. Depos. Yrk. Castle. A young man with pock arrs in his face.
1691. Ray, N. Countr. Words, An Arr; A Skar. Pock-arrs, the Marks made by the Small Pox. This is a general Word, common both to North and South.
1863. Atkinson, Whitby Gloss., s.v., ‘I’ll gie thee an arr to carry to thy grave,’… An arr on the conscience, is the inward impression of having done wrong.
