A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bourdour, n. Also: burdour(e, bourder. [ME. bourdour (1303), bordere, e.m.E. bourder, AF. bourd(e)our, OF. bordeor, f. bourder Bourd v.] A jester.a1400 Leg. S. xl. 890.
His menstrale, Jak trumpoure, That ves gud man & gud burdoure c1420 Wynt. iii. 453.
To brynge amange thaim Sampson, That he mycht thar bourdour be 1456 Hay II. 156/17.
That he be nocht a mowar na a bourdour to speke janglyngis na lesingis c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlii. 35.
Scorne wes bourdour in the hall, And oft on me his babill schuke 1535 Stewart 56061.
Ane burdour than that wes perfit aneuch Of that same craft, richt loud thairat he leuch 1600 Hamilton Facile Tr. 357.
Lat sik bourders estime what thay plaise
