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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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'D, reduced and voiced variant of it (still current in dialect), used after vowels and certain consonants (as l, m, n, r), chiefly in rhymes, and most frequently in Albeid, Beid, Dude, Ford. c1420 Ratis R. 1103.
As thow has feld, and mar sal feild c1460 Consail Wys Man 302.
He is a theif rycht as he stald a1500 Henr. III. 170/2.
I wald sum clerk … wald declerde a1500 Rauf C. 374.
Thairon my lyfe dar I layd c1500 Interl. Droich 175.
Quha trowis best that I do lude 1540 Lynd. Sat. 3067 (B).
Quhow call ȝeid 15.. Christis K. 65 (B).
Grit skayth wesd to haif skard him c1550 Rolland C. Venus i. 122.
As he thocht best to haid Ib. iii. 611.
All Christin men may kend a1568 Scott iv. 8.
I sall not said agane a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 182.
Sa was sene vpond [v.r. appond] Ib. 768.
No moir … Lat him think to conceild Ib. 1064.
Affection dois affermd 1609 Craig iii. 28.
When I think vpon'd 1623 Id. iv. 5.
I dare sayd 1626 Garden Worthies 88.
He … to restrain'd Laid all his lines