A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1568
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Lurdanry, -erie, n. [Lurdan(e n.: for the -ry suffix cf. Lounry etc.] Villainy; blackguardism, ruffianly conduct, bullying; sponging, parasitism. (Cf. Lurdanesn.) —1513 Doug. viii. Prol. 9.
Leys, lurdanry and lust ar our laid starn 1568 Lyndesay Pref. Adhort. 69.
Cum all degreis in lurdanerie quha lyis And fane wald se of sin the feirfull fyne
