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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1628-1688

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Moulder, Mulder, v. [e.m.E. mouldre (1531), mulder, prob. f. mould (= Mold n.1, Muld(e n.1): but cf. Norw. dial. muldra to crumble.] intr. To crumble, decay, away, down, into dust; also fig. —1628 Butler Leighton 35.
The tottering prelats, with their trumpry all, Shall moulder downe like elder from the wall
1661-88 Lauder Notices Affairs I. 161.
The use of weapon-shawings is very ancient with us … and then they mouldred away
1684 Glamis Bk. Record 45.
The wall thereof is ruinous … by reasone of the bosness of the stone which mulders into sand and dust

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