A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Dude, infin.phr. Also: dud, dwid, doid, do'ide. [See 'D.] Do it. (Usually in rhyme.) c1460 Consail Wys Man 74.
Thow art wndone, and euer thow dud [: gud] a1500 Henr. Fab. 668.
I haif greit cause to dude [: hude] Ib. 691.
Na, schir, I cannot doid [: bluid] a1500 Colk. Sow 748.
My sone I chairge thé to dude [: gude] 1535 Stewart 961.
Schortlie he said agane, he wald not dude [: seruitude] a1500 Peblis to Play 122.
Be God, thow dar nocht dud [: woode, rude] a1568 Bann. MS. 49 b/55.
Thy airis ar of eild to dwid [: hude] c1550 Rolland C. Venus iv. 120.
As scho expedient Thinkis to dispone, efterwart scho may dude [: denude] 1560 Rolland Seven S. 10424.
Than said the King, I dude to honour age 1570 Sat. P. xxi. 67.
Gif that ȝe dude, It semis ȝour glas is rune a 1627 Craig v. 11.]
[When that I conclude, To burne habite and hood, Yet doe I not doe it 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. ii. 2.
The earth is ready to receiue her broode, And heauens will couer when leame tombes cannot do'ide
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Dude infin.phr.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 5 Nov 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/dude>