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1853, Xoán Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, page 158:
Inda a nai non pon o pé por adentro do portelo xa chegan os seus miniños «a min, a min berberecho» ; cisca uns poucos pola eira os rapaces van collé-los de gatiñas uns con outros levantandose e caendo. Dimpois tódo-los da casa arredor do fol ou cesto non se afartan de gandire os birbirichiños frescos;
Mother hasn't even put her foot ahead the gate when her children come asking «to me, to me, cockle»; she scatters a few by the yard the kids try to catch them squatting, ones and others standing and falling. Later, everyone at the house, around the bag or basket, they don't get tired of devouring the fresh little cockles;
“eira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“eira” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“eira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“eira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
References
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “eira”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies