Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

IVER, Ivver, adv. Gen.Sc. forms of Eng. ever. Cf. hooiver, niver, whativer, etc. [′ɪvər, s.Sc. ′vər]Edb. 1993 Irvine Welsh Trainspotting (1994) 9-10:
A nice laddie, everybody sais; including ma ain Ma. Johnny Swan, so intae fitba, so easy going, that he eywis goat lumbered washin the strips eftir the fives at Meadowbank, and nivir, ivir complained. m.Sc. 1993 Herald 23 Sep 14:
"Have youse ivver, ivver seen such a clarty boy. Well, have yays?"