A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Daver, v. [Of obscure origin. Common in later (also northern Eng.) dial.] intr. To wander aimlessly or as if dazed. —1590 Burel Pilgr. i. xxxi.
I saw na passage to depairt, … Bot tauren and dauren Like ane daft doitit fule
