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MACERARD: Nigellus M'Herarde or M'Horrard had a charter of the lands of Kirkanders in the sheriffdom of Dumfries in the reign of Robert I (RMS., I, App. II, 613). Gaelic Mac Eraird, Erard's son, Erard being a compound of air and ard, meaning 'very tall;' in this position air becomes or, ir, or, ur (Watson III, p.
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MACERARD: Nigellus M'Herarde or M'Horrard had a charter of the lands of Kirkanders in the sheriffdom of Dumfries in the reign of Robert I (RMS., I, App. II, 613). Gaelic Mac Eraird, Erard's son, Erard being a compound of air and ard, meaning 'very tall;' in this position air becomes or, ir, or, ur (Watson III, p. 21).
— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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