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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quhidder-sa, -so, conj. Also: quhyddir-. [Quhidder conj. Cf. Quhether-sa.] Whether. = Quhether-sa conj., Quhether conj. 2. —a1500 Rauf C. 381.
That I haue hecht I sall hald … Quhidder sa it gang to greif or to gawin 1513 Doug. vi xv 80.
Nane suld but dammage hym in harnes meit Quhidder so aganyst him he went on feit, Or ȝit on horsbak Ib. xi xv 27.
Quhyddir so
