A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fudder, n.2 [Prob. imitative.] A loud blast or blasts of wind. —1513 Doug. x. Prol. 159.
I compt not of thir paygane Goddis a fudder [: other] 1590 Burel Pilgr. i. xvii.
The wind … Maist bitterly thair blew With quhirling, and dirling, The fudder fell so thick Ib. xviii.
Than fled thay … Euery ane from ane vdder … To fle the flichts of fudder 1710 Ruddiman Gl.].[
Whither or futhir, the noise or sound that anything makes flying or running swiftly
