skirred

Byron wrote "skirred," a word borrowed from Shakespeare.

The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

Across from far away, like leaves of autumn, skirred the dappled deer.

Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance Walter De la Mare 1914

And as he spoke, while the dogs were crawling along, cat-like, pointing at every step, and then again creeping onward, up skirred two birds under the very nose of the white setter, and crossed quite to the left of Harry.

Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago Henry William Herbert 1832

The gates of Granada once more poured forth legions of light scouring cavalry, which skirred the country up to the very gates of the Christian fortresses, sweeping off flocks and herds.

Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada Washington Irving 1821

By orders of the marques a small body of light cavalry passed along the glen, and, turning round a point of rock, showed themselves before the town: they (6) skirred the fields almost to the gates, as if by way of bravado and to defy the garrison to a skirmish.

Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada Washington Irving 1821

Suddenly, one of the oldest, and the most ferocious of them all, broke out of the ring, and skirred away in the direction of her victims, like a rapacious bird, that having wheeled on poised wings, for the time necessary to ensure its object, makes the final dart upon its prey.

The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper 1820

I excursed and skirred the country round to Alba, Tivoli,

Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815

From those Venetians who have skirred [68] the coasts

The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry George Gordon Byron Byron 1806