A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Nar'd, contracted form of nar it (see Ner adv. 2 c and 'D), near it. —1600-1610 Melvill 497.
I thought it sweit with deirest deathe to ludge, … I lyked nocht for to reteire sa nar'd [: hard, debar'd]
