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Salmond, -mound, -mo(u)nt, -mon, n. Also: -monde, -mownd, -mund, -monte, -mant; sallmond, -mont; saumond, sawmound; samont, samone. [ME and e.m.E. salmoun (13..), samoun (1387), samon (1387), samown (a1400), salmon (1515), OF salmun, salmon, saumon (1138, 1175 in Larousse), L. salmōn-.]

1. (A) salmon.Also coll., and uninfl. pl. 1375 Barb. xix 664 (C).
In-till the luge a fox he saw, That fast can on a salmond [E. salmound] gnaw Ib. 685 (E).
He his gud salmound had tynt a1500 Henr. Fab. 751, 753.
Ga doun, schir Kid, cum vp schir Salmond agane, Quhill he wes deid … and off that new-maid salmond eit anewch 1512 Facs. Nat. MSS III x.
For ane keypyr salmont xx d. 1578 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. I 63. 1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Salmo, a salmond ?1549 Monro W. Isles (1961) 77.
Ane kind of fish the quantitie and shape of ane salmond without skaills ?1613 W. Alexander Doomes-day iii 583 (J).
That salmond fresh … May then be had, boil'd 1657 Glasgow B. Rec. II 373.
Aught penneis for the taile of ane litle salmont 1696 Cramond Kirk S. IV 21 June.
Alexander Linn … & others … broke the Lord's day lately by killing a salmondproverb. a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS No. 884.
I cannot liv on the air I am no salmondcoll. and uninfl. pl. 14.. Acts I 304/2.
Of a hundreth salmond 1469 Ib. II 96/2.
Salmonde, grils, and trowtis a1500 Henr. Fab. 2126.
Ane syde off salmond 1478 Acts II 119/2.
That in time to cum all salmonde be pakit in barellis of the mesure of Hamburgh 1487 Ib. 178/2, 179/1.
That the barell bind of salmond suld kepe … the assise … of xiiij gallonis & nocht to be mynyst vnder the pain of eschete of the salmond 1491–2 Acta Conc. I 209/2.
That the said salmond war thare propir gudis 1494 Reg. Cupar A. I 243.
A schot in the wattir of Tay for salmond 1497 Halyb. 46.
The oncostis of this salmond [supra 12 barellis of trowtts] Ib. 182.
Rasauit out off that samyn schip 16 barell off salmond and 6 br. off trottis Ib.
A last of sallmond 1498 Ib. 177.
A barell salmond and an of gryssyllis 1515 Treas. Acc. V 21.
xxxij salt salmond 1531 Bell. Boece I xliii.
Als sone as thir salmond cumis to the lin, thay leip Ib. lix (see Currok n.). 1533 Boece 232. 1543 Reg. Privy S. III 67/1.
The custumes of salmond aucht … be utheris c1575 Balfour Pract. 543.
Ȝoung salmond, smoltis, or the fry of ony uther kind of fish of the sea a1578 Pitsc. I 337/8.
Deliecat fisches, as sallmond, troutis and perches 1594 Edinb. Test. XXVI 268.
Thrie barrellis northland salmond a1595 Descr. Isles MS 23.
Salmond … are slane with teeis or bastounis Ib. 29.
In all the small burnis of this ile are multipill of salmond 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I 106.
Delyuerit unto him, in a cloute, four cuttis of salmond 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. ii 138.
That they sall not slay any salmond in forbidden time 1619 Argyll Rentals I 6.
5 dozen grylsis 5 dozen grit salmond 1698 Marchmont 183.
[Bill of Fare]: Coulard salmond 1699 Foulis Acc. Bk. 256.
5 cast of whitins 6 sh., a chyne of salmond 5 sh.(b) 1473 Acts II 105/2.
Salmound keling and vtheris fischis 1482 Edinb. Chart. 168.
Grete fisch as keling stokfisch leyngis salmound and sic lyke fisch vnbaralit 1511 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III 106.
All the salmound thay may gett 1522 Aberd. Pynours 59.
Othir salmound or ony uther merchandice 1548–9 Treas. Acc. IX 288.
Alexander Forstar, messinger, to pas and arreist certane salmound 1552 Soc. Ant. II 414.
Salmund c1575 Balfour Pract. 212.
Anent the selling of salmound out of the realme 1594 Aberd. Council Lett. I 60. 1644 Glasgow B. Rec. II 67.
Act anent the breking of salmound … Nather sall it be leasum to him to cutt the salmound above the crumbe or any pairte therof(c) 1484 Acta Conc. I 108*/2.
Salmont 1512 Household Bk. Jas. IV 2a.
ii salmont 1532 Exch. R. XVI 552.
For ane barrell of sallmont 1596 Dalr. I 50/23, 24.
The hie salmonte haueng castne the meltis and the sche salmonte the rounis Ib. 100/8. ?1549 Monro W. Isles (1884) 38.
Within this ile ther is gud take of salmant 1644 Glasgow B. Rec. II 67.
In taking … exorbitant pryces for the tails of salmount 1657 Ib. 373.
Williame Stirling wha was … appoyntit to breck the salmount(d) 1518 Edinb. B. Rec. I 179.
Salmon 1542 Elgin Rec. I 72. 1581 Ib. 159.
The teynd salmon of the thre coblis of Innerspey 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. ii 138b.
It is not lesome to slay salmon fra the feast of the Assumption … vntil the feast of Sanct Androw(e) 1434 Aberd. B. Rec. I 391.
That na fischar of sawmound [etc.] 1508 Rentale Dunkeld. (SHS) 3.
Sawmound 1534–5 Wigtown B. Ct. fol. 297b.
The takyne of mvsyllis vylkis & samont 1594 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 3a.
For our part of ane barell samone was geuene to the quens schepes xxx s. 1598 Ib. 11a. 1608 Irvine Mun. II 47.
That na samont be packit in hogitis bot in barellisinfl. pl. 1375 Barb. ii 579.
He wrocht Gynnys, to tak geddis & salmonys 14.. Acts I 109/2.
Watteris quhar … the ȝong salmondis or smoltis … cumis 1398 Ib. 212/1.
All maner of imposicion set apon the saumondis

2. attrib. and comb.With Fischar(e n. 1, Fischer n., Makar n., Pakkar n.¹ q.v.; Cobill n. 1, Net n. 1; Fat n.¹ 1, Kist n. 2, tre; Bind n. 2, Draucht n. 6, Gage n.², stok, taking; Compt n.¹ 1, Custom(e n. 2, trade; tail; Lope n., leap; and see Salmond-barrel(l, -fisch(e, etc., below.(1) 14.. Acts I 334/2.
Off the chalance of salmon fyscharis 1580 Conv. Burghs I 100.
The said salmon pakkeris 1616 Aberd. Council Lett. I 136.
Upoun all actiouns … betuixt quhyt fischeris amongis thame selffis or amongis salmound fischeris 1642 St. A. Presb. 7.
Thomas Lennox and Johne Wanne, salmond fishers in the paroch of Leuchars 1644 Aberd. B. Rec. IV 15.
The vnlawes of salmund makers 1644 Rec. Old Aberd. II 19.
The salmond fishers of both the cavels of Don(2) 1576 Glasgow B. Rec. (MC) 53.
That na … salmond cobles be lauborit [etc.] 1639 Acts V 597/1.
Act anent … inlarging the meisheis of salmond nettis c1641–54 J. Gordon in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II 560.
Men ar able to wade therin, following the salmond cobills and helping the killing of the fishe(3) 1532 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 110.
For sawin of thre wanscot to be salmond kystis Ib.
For makin of viii salmond kystis 1540 Acta Conc. & Sess. MS XIII 119b.
Ane meill ark and ane salmond fatt 1584 Acts III 302/2.
And that all salmound treis, hering treis and quheit fish treis … salbe of the measure … foirsaid(4) 1581 Conv. Burghs I 115.
That thair be na diuersity in the salmond bind 1596 Dalr. I 15/18.
To this toune is priuelege of salmonte takeng 1636 Retours I Inq. Spec. Argyll (57).
Salmonum piscaria lie salmond-draught 1657 Glasgow B. Rec. II 371.
To have charge of the salmownd stok and breking of the samyne(5) 1599 Glasgow B. Rec. I 200 marg.
Statute for the commonweill anent the salmount custome 1629 Argyll Rentals I.
Strathachie draucht salmond compt maid day ȝeir & place forsaidis c1680 Fountainhall in Sc. Lore 83.
The salmond trade, now decayed(6) 1644 Glasgow B. Rec. II 67.
That he had taken greater pryces for the salmount tails nor is allowit(7) 1596 Dalr. I 51/22 (see Lope n.). 1644 J. Gordon in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II 581.
Heir is a great salmond leap commonlie cald a linn

b. Salmon laxis.1488 Acta Conc. I 89/1 (see Lax n.)

c. Salmon-grilses (Grilse n.), -grisses (Griss n. q.v.), -smoults (Smolt n.)16.. Archibald in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. III 194 (see Lyth(e n.²⁾. 1701 Brand Orkney & Shetl. 32.
Some trouts and salmon-gilses are found in it [sc. the Loch of Stennis] 1706 Corshill Baron Ct. 212.
Killing of … salmond smoults in forbidden seasones

d. Fisch-salmond, cf. Salmond-fisch(e. 1498 Reg. Privy S. I 24/1.
Foure seme of salmond fisch, ilk seme contenand 13 fisch salmond