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

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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1460, 1663-1691

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(Weder,) Weider, Vydster, Widder, n. [e.m.E. weder (1534).] One employed to pull up weeds. Also attrib. with huikis, = Wedehuke n. b or ? an altered form of this. —1663–6 Household Bks. Archb. Sharp MS 28.
To hir ladyship to give vydsteris in the ȝaird
1691 Foulis Acc. Bk. 136.
To the weiders in the yard to drink
attrib. 1460 Hay Alex. 14224.
Feyndis clekand with thare ewill clukis And watand vther with thare widder huikis

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