A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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(Bardrie,) Bairdrie, n. [Bard n.] Scurrility; scurrilous language.1548 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 141.
That na maner of wemen … be fund on the hie gaitt flyting with vthers, … or vsing of ony maner of bairdrie 1548–9 Treas. Acc. IX. 282.
To Helene Ros to stanch hir bairdre and ewill toung. xx li. 1573 Sempill Sat. P. xxxix. 329.
Swering nor bairdrie may he nan abyde
